The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-18
The Mortality at Shreveportl.. No
Diminution of the DeaIh- Rate..;
Fatality Unprecedented.

j Brown, age NOT gwen; snlcsfatdyl lcoioLeuJ
10: Miss P. Yerkerser, age not given; VIM.
Dnnlay, 80; NJ. King, 43; W.W! McCann,
25; n. Barnell, 81; "A. jackson, (colored)
g; M. Glanton, 35; Henry Hordman, age
not given, and Herman Hoo1ler, %.
The Shreveport Times Of this morning
SAYS the epidemic exhibits but little
change, while the number Of new cases
Is less, greatly owing to the wantof ma.
terial. The number. Of deaths is fearful
| to contemplate. The !, mortality is
beyond precedence. and 1t looks fas
though but comparatively few would
get well. Thus far very few have
rot about, while some lipger along
between life and death 10 some few in
stances whole families have been swept
out of existence in the short space oftone
week. The sudden change in the weather
last Sunday nightsent scores to their beds,
which accounts for the large number OF
interments in the last day, O. two. In the
language of one Of The New Orleans ply.
sioians, they are dropping of like sheep
diving with the rot. Medical treatmentio ioi
the most skillful kind does not appear TO
do any good In great many cases. while
In many, others the temporary relief al.
forded Is quickly followed by death. Our
stores are all closed and all our dwellings
turned into hospitals, In TACT Shreveport
Is one great hospital, one great charnel
house, and the Times merelyfa death re-
cord. The same journal says the number
OF interments since the first of September;
sums up 22G. The number OF the sick Is
variously estimated at from 500 to's00.
SUGGESTIONS FOR sHRBvEpoRT, BY DIR. !
~ HARRIS, OF NEW YORK. -, -
New YoRK, Sept. 17,-Dr. Elisha Har:
ris, Secretary of the American Health
Association, has sent personal contribu.,
ton of one hundred dollars to Shreveport,
and also makes an urgent request that
the Howards'- Of that city and Of. Vicks--
burg, Natchez, and New Orleans shall
send and supervise requisite number oi
seasoned nurses, hospital supplies, and aid
to provide for all the sick; also that the
authorities Of Caddos parish take speedy
measures for the quiet removal and. shel.
ter oi.the unprotected who have not yet
fallen by the pestilence. He recommends
their removal beyond! the first line Of the
plains and hills that skirt the Red river in;
that region, and advises the flight to a.
great distance will not give the kind Of
security that can be obtained at O small
cost and less than three hours travel, II
Ffive thousand dollars, and an effective or
ganization Of nurses, together; with o
well devised plan for moving the unpro7-
tected, were TO be brought into effective
service in Shreveport, 10 day, the panic
and pestilence would soon cease jAIR
The cotton brokers will telegraph their
contributions by money orders through
Howard & Som, ,of New Orleans. 81
/ AID MEETING AT PMIiADELPHIA!dJ y
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17s-A meeting
In aid of the Shreveport sufferers was
held here this morning. Geo. 9H. Stuart
presiding, and a. j. Drexel, Treasurer:
-Four thousand dollars was subscribed.
A committee was appointed to make fur;
ther collections. ,.iss IS isSg Is Sis 81
THE DISEASE ON BOARD THE PAwNEE AT
r,E = bs4.t i;s KEY wEsT. .5d.i 10 lssIeq 20 d
I WAsHNeroN, Sept II, "A dispatch
from the senior commanding officer at
Key West to the Navy Department, re-:
ports that oil the cases Of yellow fever on
the Pawneo (somc half d dozen) arc doing1
well. Only one other death than that Of
Lieut.. Commander Mitchell has taken
place, that Of heipaymaster writer ol the
Pawnee, who died on shore. There were
mo cases of feyer, in Key West, and the
officers and crew; Of the Sangus were In
excellent health afaslIllUNIi lshss ps J at Tal
TIE DIsEAsE AsENorspREADINg At MEstrHIss