, 1873-09-16
YELLOW FEVER.
Tho Disease Increasing i'm H1enphis--
Tho Disease Unnbatcd In Shreveport
--Libera1 Offcrs OF Aid from Various

Tho Disease Unnbatcd In Shreveport
--Llberal Offers OF Aid from Various
Points.
Mzar1I1a, Tenn., sopt.. 15.-The widest rnmors
trains leaving on tho varous roada usre crowded with
persons fleeing from tho seou,ge. It te dh3snl9 to
o.ss III Il Is quito certsn ca hss # h.s ade il sppeas
s sonans % to The fne rho Board i 1 Hs,h to-nisht
has returns from only two undertafers, who report
twelve intcrments, nine from yellow feysr.
MEMPHIS. Sept. 15-T4e h following dispatch rss r.
graph for Arfanas4 and Texas datea Little Rock, to-
a. ike agent afths Assec;at<d prts.:
The latest adv!cos from Shreveport represent the
yellow feyor unkbatod, aud the dstrsaa in tho city In
descrbable. OF tho s1 mon IN telegraph office,
iation q pefhsps net 100 The pay.ieian. snd
sso sasa s:s sse1s u 5
'?ss's& Rs~ s Ssfa: s Tho
follow !: No telegraph Transfer proper chi -
Ito operator who went thsrs from hore has
no money for that purpose, ! havo trans
fefsa naahns ho@ s
unless tho banking house at Shreveport should 10
closed by sickness Tho ast messenger at shrsyenort
ton possibly oxagserase the actual condition OF
tha town.
HT, L0GI9 S6pts 1t--AAQtltf 41nuU INA pfcu kAlHDQ
orso1aNATI, Sept. le-P5tyste d!spatche. received
hero by businoss aato that there s terrible suffer-
md ask Tor Tho attention Of tha Cnabor Of
Commerce called to tho aubjeot to-day, and 81 300
Of tho President and Board d ollcors.
Nav onIEARa, sopt 16-The feyer is still raging at
shrevepor. Tae weatheF s untavorsbe sxty paE
Ill classes Of society for want Of nuIscs The su1Viv
ing clzens doing al In their power 10 check the
ns5 Tss g4ss s
In need Of assistance The Sothern Tflegran' news"
Union Telegraph oaSco thcre, diea so.dsy. ~ '
New YoRK, Sept: 15.-a1ayor uayomoysr Is receiT-
wAsnNo!oT, Sept. 1s.-prcsident orton. Of tho
following order addressed to superlatoudents Of tho
Company throughout tho country.
Instruct ali managers to send FREQ messages relative
to tho relief Of cizens Of Shreveport and at the
quest of the Governor q Untcd States Senators Of
Louisiana, direct constitutions Of money to bo re-
by this action on tho part Of tho Telegraph Com
pany money can be forwarded instantly to the suor-
" III e ,1s tho M , + Saa a
to contribute something 10 tho ad Of Tho stricken
paying 1t in at any Western Union Telegraph Bauon.
Contributions ara sl1cady going forward from this
Special Dtspaseh to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsuiao1oN, D. g., 1s.-Tolegrams and lotters re-
ceiyed hero from Ahoam., Florida: and Texas. con-
tain proofs OF the frightful condition Of atfairs
oa4loned In those states by ths yellow fever. Tho
daeaao IL eAlu to DO Of tho noat malignant typo, aud
Of Tho fact that the ecourge prevai and that It IL
spreading in both directions from tho place from which
it first made Ito appearance hhs produced terror
country. But little abatement at any point
has bean reported, while news from
counties and towns adjacent TO tho
districts already know to DO infected l. recei.ed
dic.tng rapid sproad Of tho dtseaso It hah recently
arsna II
direction from Shreveport, whcro the fsver ado ita
first appearance Ia to tho eoct that the rst death at
that place occurred today. being that Of 1leuenant-
Commander Archibald N. Mitchell, Of Illinois, who
wAs a that port on naval duty About one-quareE OF
attacked by tho disease. Tho Commander. Lieut..
Bell died on tho 18th from tho e6ects Of tho disease