The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-16
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ASSOCIATED PRESS; REPORT
Exclusively to the Intelll gencer.

~ tBy tho Western Union Line.
0ttee Northwest cor. Of Main and Monroe st
4 YELLOW FEVER.
Terrible Suffering at Shreveport--Ai,
| From Cincinnati.
C1scrNNATr, Sept. 15.-Private dis
patches received here by business mel
state that there Is terrible suffering q
Shreveport, La, on account Of the yellow
fever, and ask for assistance. The atten'
tion OF the Chamber Of Commerce wa!
called to the subject today, and 81, ,OOC
was appropriated to be dispensed undel
the direction Of the President and board
OF officers.
WILD RUMons IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
THE rEopLE-THE DISEASE SPREADING.
MEMPHIS, Sept 15-The widest ru'
mors prevailed here to-day inTegard to
the yellow lever, and the trains leaving on
the various roads were crowded with per.
sons fleeing from the scourge. 1t is diff
cult 10 Obtain reliable data in regard to the
spread Of the disease, butityis quite Ger.
tain that'i it has made its appearance inva.
rious portions Of the city, and is no longer
confined to the Pinch. The Board OF
Health Tonight has returns from only two
uudertakers, who report twelve inter-
ments, and nine from yellow fever.
THE FEVER uNApArED AT SHREVEPORT
THIRTY OR FORTY INTERMENTs DAILY.
MEMPHIS, Sept 15-The following des'
patch was received tonight from the Su.
perintendant Of the telegraph on the AZ
kansas & Texas Railroad, dated Little
Rock tonight to the agent Of the Asso-
ciated Press: The latest advices from
Shreveport represent the eyellow lever un'
abated. The distress in the city is inde'
scribable. VI six men In our Telegraph
office five have taken the leVer anu TWO
already dead. Intern ents average 1mf'y
or torty daily IN q popaiaton perhaps oi
not over iour thousand. fhysicians sana
nurses worked down. The people OF Inc
country should know these terrible facts
and aend aid IN this suffering CITY, .--..
Tsioneal :f.5!:IoiRp O. BAKER,
rf'5' 4. iaao S,perintendent.
Nrw YoRxi Sent; 15-The superin.
,oraer, of the Western Union Telegraph
Comna,v AT Ne,v Orleans telepraphs 10
The .comnany hare under date Of TO-DAY
a. toilows. aNo telepraph transfers.
nroner, can be made with shreveport, as
n.naosr Rae IA dv,np and the onerator
mho wont there from her, I'M. M i,rnts money
,or Tho, nrrnose +. have transferred
norsv ,awever tbrongb a banking
hon.c ,.;,bnrt 49,, oInd - . ,ra rofsr. What.
a.,o. uasr ,,sn oas. mi un1s.. @ ,hs l hsnt;r. hou.e
we o..a,snas. .n. ". I 'ason,a ha nio.aa h.
s,.,,na.s H. ,.., | na..anrer a. shreve.
s ,.n ,o,nn .,a,. ss' th,s !, orn;ns.s Nor
~. ~. 10y 20; ,ss wv s,,",;on u r To..,b,y ava ooer.
a,a , Tho s aetna, CONDITION ot The town"
M sT1, ~ an1Srr % MFssAars FoR 'ssHREyE.
PORT FRER-oENERous ORDER OF THE
W. q. TEL. co. III ~.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept, l5,-Pfesi-
dent Horton, Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company has issued the following 3
order addressed to the Superintendents OF
the company throughout the country:
.Instruct all managers to send free all
measatyea relating 10 relief for the inhabi-
tants o. sbreveport. and Al the request
Of the Governor or United States Senators
Of La.. direct contributions Of money to
be received and transferred by telegraph,
without charge" -, 2 =. :.
By this action on, the part Of the West.
ern Union Telegraph Company, money
can be forwarded instantly TO the sufferers,
whereas bv the course Of the mails It
would REQUIRE some ten dsys to ret there,
bv which time The dy.r,ieht be past
relief. Any one feeling inclined to con.
tribnte something to the aid Of the strick.
ot-.,,o,o,, an, sa,d n