, 1873-10-15

THE YELLOW FEVER.

A&F& N<*t A's'%Atha" AAo"
porsctl---'rl1o Mayor Of the City Down
with tho DiacHse--.h'iac Shreveport
DcntF,-Ltst---Eile Relief Movement.
specia. Dtaputch IN rho Chieano Tribune.
A1EMru1s, Tom. Oct. 1.-Two ind apothor
slight frost this morning. Tho tlny bus boon
quito warm, it,n p!Y If c!oar md mir tonight In
doatcs frost. Tho n,ortality Inns incronscd FOUR
Dnt fow now caHos aro reported. Tho Board Of
IIonltll continue scattering limo and aprinkllng
tho stroela with cariolIo ncid. They have issued
m order tllnt no dcul body should rc1naiu ill.,
cotlluod longer than six hours, or unburiod long
| or tian twcnty-follr. This WA necessary, on
| ncco,lnt of tho undortnkcrH leaving bodies
| exposed, IN souo instances as long aB forty
eight hours. Ono was fined by tho Recorder $50
for failure to mako rctnrn properly, and another
Inns boon arregtot.
Tho Howards hnyo noarly 200 nurBos en,-
ployed.
THE ODD FELLOWS
make tho following report Of their operations mp
ohildrou have 15 widows, 81 orphnns 40 casos
on hand, and 48 nursos employed. Among
tho now casos reported by them IL Mayor John-
son, who contracted tho tliHenso from visiting
and assisting the sick md moody. ne was
workod down, and has yory bad caao.
The death Of Mr. Ackol1nan, morchant who
died this afternoon at hnlf-pnat s, ia alBo ro-
ported by them.
THE MAaQN4
report four burials to-eay; All thoir siolt aro
moro frooly.
Tho fretnen report thofr sok rs doing we'll.
The Kn,ights Of pythias report their sick as
HOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Of tho deaths during the twenty-four hours end
| ing at o'clock, Oct. H.: John O'nrion, 10 !;
John Mad'gen, .; Mary Mcbride, 2s; 1Mary
Esh 'o 1o''a A'ss Mis0 20 g. A. HS!a9''ff ssa
fiasphS ss,; Msfy ?: Coleman l. q
aadoy9rils3l 2o NJ 1o1hapsky & a + rriesaan1d9r q
a.sy, ss; Y: Dussey, Sc; John G. Began, 1e, !;
Slender, b.; 8; ooqpson, 20; Patrick
aansIas aEs naaei aa ss ,y z Re Rsanst eao4ai q
HIomplo, 40i NJ. McKornal, So; Martha ouany,
%; Allen Thomas, 2s; 9eorgo E. King a.;
1Ira. g 0annoll a.; John O.: Ames, IS; Y. Y,
H 27 John rlnk q j. Ia, e. sweong Ss ,ts2 A. p
yellow FOYER, Al other causes. 10.
[7o Tie Associated {Tess1
MEs1pu1s, Tenn, Oct t4.-Another froat ap-
peared this morning. slight, but sufficient to
scourgo. Diligent inquiry iails to find single
now cl9o.
A man named Tom Canning, said to
belong In Nashville, WAS found doad on
N4HA1HQu EtIGgk Lib ululI1IS+ 14N uAA HC9l
drindng excessively for several days. A jury Of
inquest 10 being hold.
Airs. Dr.. Coleman and child arc reported
dead this morning.
Everybody Is advised not to roturn to the city
too hastily at Ieast, till after more married.
abatomont is manifest. which cannot bo conBid-
ored safe until aftor freezo. Tlls is tho advice
of phyaicians.
THE MASONIC RELIEF HOARD
report fifty~six caBes On hand the Odd-EnlloWB
about forty, md tho Knights Of Pythias about
pine or ten. Tho hitter aocioty have exhausted
their treasury, and individual monlbors are fur
nishing means and supplies. Tho tlremen re-
port seven Hiok, and numbers Of their families,
making sixteen or seyeuteen III oil.
Contributions from an sources woro reported
heavier yesterday than on any day during tho
prevalence Of tho epidemic.
TIE ORPHANS.
Fifty OF the recently made orphans havo boon
sont to tho Church Homo, near Duntyn Station,
10 Shelby County, In charge OF tho Sisters Of
st. Mary, but that institution reports it's
inability to supply them with subsist-
zens Of Momphiu to furnish cooked provisions
for their dinner to-dny. The Leath Orphan
Asylum reports that it has rooms for q number
Of orphans, but ia unable to feed and clothe
them.
ONE OF THE 1sspos1IIoK8
practiced on tho dispensers Of MD ia that Of q
| pretended sick man, who managed to draw ten
bottles OF champagne and sufficient coal Tor tho
winter. He was detected a1ld made to return tho
supplies.
TWO THOUSAND nAT1oSs
were Issued from ono depot yesterday. Super
intendent Hamilton, Of the Southern Express
Company, received g, 900 from tho 1sraolitea Of
San francisco for the rolief of Memphis. The
reliof depots aro greatly troubled with impoBt-
ers. Chief Of Police Athey is looking aftor
them. and will mako bad business with all do
tected.
MAYOR JOHNSON
has at last boen stricken with the fever. He
has laborod with untiring zeal from tho begin
ming of the epidemic as nurse, visitor, and
whatever else ho could do to alleviate suffering
and administer to tho Necessities Of the dis-
oit1co. he Will DO missed from tho ranka Of
labore1s In the cause Of humanity.
SHREVEPORT DEATH LIFT.
Il snnE;yzr9nr, Ire; La, OCT: 1a-Tie3lograp4h force ,9
Cloud, II yaars Airs. G. W. Burt, s4 Mrs. G.
W. Burt's Guild, days Flora sinon s.; Mos
! by child black II. Hall, d :; Mrs. Tabcr 80.
DEATHS IN LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 14.-Ouo or two deaths from
| yellow fever have occurred here in the Inst few
| days, dcccAEcd belng parties who came from
| Memphis sick With tho diseaeo. No alarm is
folt, as there Ia no material for fever, and hard
| frosts have occurred for several days.
THE RELIEF MOVEMENT.
| FonT MADISON, la., Oct. 1a.-yho citizens OF
Fort Madison this afternoon mado up purso OF
$500 for the reliof Of Memphis. Tonn., suffer-
olS A4u tcloBEaplG4 tub Meulpnlb 1GlGI CQll.
mittco to draw on them for tho amount.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 14.-At all the polls to-day
In the city contribution boxes for tho relief
Of Memphis. It ia thought that not
less than $4,000 was giyon in this way.
Several theatres are preparing to give bouolts to
the samo object.
ST. Louis, No., Oct. 14.-The Masonic Grand
Lodge Of tAis State met hore to-day with full
| complement Of officers and Representatives from
over 200 lodges, -Four hundrel dollars was ap-
| proprlated for tho roIiof OF suffering brothren
In Memphis, and 500 for thoso in Shreveport.
| About seventy delegates to the Convention.
! TIE FEVER AND IT'S LESION.
From the Memphis Arpea!, Oct. 19.
It will bo Eoon from tho official mortuary re-
port that tho total deatha yesterday were as
hfty.ono to sixty-two tho day bofore, a decrease
Of eleven. There is also, it will be seen, de-
crease Of ton in tic nllm6or of deaths by yellow
fever. For this 'go arc doyoutIy thankful. ANY
small, furnishes OCCASION for earnest, prayorful
! thaukH to Hod. We have boon fearflllly visited,
| and tho olid is not yot. Since tho 18th of Sep-
tnlnlnr. iuHt ono abort mouth ago. ITO nYa lnst