, 1873-09-18
YELLOW FEVER,

The Number of Cases nt Shrcveport
DecrenstnX.--T1ven DurinIa
Xcsteriny--.Total Number OF Deaths
from tho Disease 22d-.-Numbcr OF
Sick Estimated ut from 500 to S0O.--
Aid Going FOrWnrd.-Thc Disease in
Memphis.
New ORLEANS, Sept 17.-Tho Picayunes special
from Shreveport, L., says: "Tho number Of cases
Of yellow fover to-day Is oss than for tic several pro-
cedlng days. and tho number Of tnterments fell from
80 yeserday to rs today. is not thought, however,
that there u any sbatemen but TINT the material for
the {eger to work on IL considerably dimnished Tho
following + LIT Of Tho e tod.y Ann
9lSfo si y ~ Thos uya .sf not
%: V r Calhoun. IS; Fanny acyers, II; Etrs aeofgo
Bttaou, s.; Robert Brewor age rot gven D. q. Cots
given; William Dunlap. 40; II: King, Is; Il. ".
q g; sd io'h.n Al nissn sssr 81 H'nr' H0Fa 's'
sridsulio exhibits but tle change, w6Is tas numbur
teria. The Number Of deaths Ia fe.rfu to contc-
plate. Tho mortality Ia beyond precoden aud looks
fsr vesy iew haya sot about vhe como iinssr .ioas
between fe and dsath. In solno fom instance. whole
aass ss Te aasn q ehanss 'Ac' Il
tic weather. last Sunday night sent acoros
to s i e'' istedn,, whsh 4s 1.s h .x ss
two. II the language, Of ono ot. tho New Orleans
physiclanh, they nro dropping on like sheep dying
wlth the rot Medical treatment Of tho mort skIlful
kind docs not appear to do any good in great many
cases, while In many othera tho temporary Eest af
tOrdtd III quickly followed by death. Our atorea
al closed Rtd Ill our dwellings turned Into hospala.
1hfact Shreveport B crest hospital, QUO great
Tho same journal nay4: "The number Of interments
hincethe 1at Of September GUMS up 226 The number
OF alc IL variously estimated at from 500 to 8o0."
LlTT.E ROCK, Ark, Sept. T.-pArt!es who arrived
fsysr ahsting tor want Of Victims. The telegraph
Office Nas reopocd turo yeaterday, and tho transfer
Of money for tho relief o. tho distressed ean 10 nado
tho ru.nsrs Of yellow fever It that place. rho runora
Of di1oas in this city without the elghteat found
hupn.
Special Dspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. H.-A mootlu8 III sld Of the
Shreveport auncrcrs was held this morning At the
Office Of thu Republic Life Insurance. Company cornor
Fourth sud Ohesuut stret4s. Joshua l.. bailey snl
lcurge II Stuart Jr acted Chairman mud bocretary
J. Drs1ei, IT Dro1e! Co., bankers, WAS appointed
permanent Treasurer. Two a.ouHan1 nine hundred
ad twcl.ty 1.-two dollars Hubscribcl. committee
having been appointed to roceiya subscriptions tho
meeting a1joufnod.
aEMFn1s, Tenn., sept.. N.-Tho Boord Of 1Iealth
as" % suysa aea. t.y 9no @ from yellow WI SsHr r.
Odd Fellows and MaHonh Aru also organizing rolicf
coln1ntoes. Thu fever Is not believed to DO spread.
Ing aud there aro hardly any deaths among persons
properly treated.
WAr.ilNaToN, .sept 17.-A dispatch from tho senior
commanding oicor At lSoy West 10 the Navy Depart
lupnt reports that nl tho Ut yellow feyor On
hoard the paw11eo-sonu hnlf-lozon-aro doing woll.
Only othar dcatA than That o LJut Commander
of the lawnoo, wllo died On Aiore. Thors 10
If fg.cr In Koy WcEs AMI the officers and crew
of tho HangI,s were ln a1oofl,nt health.
. NEW loAK. bept. l7.-pr. ElisAA Hattie aocreasy