Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-05
THE SAFFRON DEMON.
THE RATAGES OF THE YELLOW FE-
YER STILL CONTINUING.
The Sufferers.

The Sufferers.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 3l-2 p. M.-Rev. Father
@. ]. Beecher, a native of Buffalo, N. Y, died
yesterday of yellow fever. The death list to-
" includes twenty children under seven years.
The following telegram was received this morn
ing and the nurses leave this afternoon:
| Port Gibson. Aug. 3l.-President Howard
Association: Send ten good nurses, hive male
and five female. $50 cases. forty-eight deaths,
ALI broken down. Great distress. (Signed)
Jas. A. Gage" Twenty-six applications
for medical aid was made on Saturday to
the Y. nj. G. A.. and thirty for relief. The
thirty seeking relief are heads of families,
aggregating ITO persons. Applications for re-
lief are made out on blanks, specifying the
age, address, number in family, occupation
and references. The blank being filled out,
4 is given to q member who institutes an In
quiry of reference or makes personal in
| spection, the result of which he embraces un-
! der the head of remarks. If satisfactory, a
printed blank of the New Orleans Peabody as
| ISOLATION is filled out, signed by the visiting
member and stamped. The blank is then pre-
scented to the Peabody depot, corner of Maya
zine and Lafayette streets, and the supplies ls-
| sued. The depot of the Peabody Subsistence
| association. corner Magazine and Lafayette
streets, was opened Saturday morning with a
good supply of -four, meat, sugar, tea and
| corn meat. AS early as $50 applicants made
| their appearance, and their wants were sup
piled. The Telegraphers' relief association
here has sent $l0O to sick telegraphers at
| Grenada.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 31.-From noon to P.
| M. twenty seven deaths were reported. E. w.
Barnes, manager Of the w. Q. telegraph Office,
of this city, died to-day of yellow fever after a
twelve days illness, age So He leaves wife
and eight children. Henry Hahn, alias Lee,
| who shot and voluntarily killed Henry Murphy,
died of yellow fever to-day in the parish prison.
This is the first case of fever at the prison this
season. The death-list includes EdSsin Gill,
| native of the Isle of Man, Sam Moses, native
of Indianapolis, and Dr. j. Byrne. The Pea
body subsistence association is commencing the
distribution of supplies to-day. They issued
1859 rations to 627 persons. The officers of
the association report contributions coming in
literally.
The following explains itself: To the fire
department of the Union and all other kindred
} charitable organizations: The Firemen's
Charitable association, of New Orleans, for the
first time in its half century of existence, is
compelled to make public appeal for aid
with its twenty-five hundred active exempt
members and their families, with 270 widows,
It's whole and half orphans. With the in
partment with an empty treas
ury, and wide spread epidemic
prevailing, it finds itself powerless to properly
relieve the sick and distressed. In the cause OF
humanity it therefore appeals to kindred char
liable organizations throughout the country
, for such assistance as they can send US.
!, (Signed) J. +. MARKS, President.
The Police Mutual Benefit association have
appealed to similar associations elsewhere fol-
assistance. They say money members and
their families have yellow fever; that
the funds of their association
are exhausted; that they have received
no pay from the city for two months, and con-
sequently are greatly in need of assistance.
Contributions may be forwarded to F. N. Boy
+ Ian, chief of police.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS Aug. 3l.-The weather this morn.
ing is bright and warm, but the clouds ST woe
over our city show sign of breaking. PLY.
sicians, nurses, visitors. druggi IS and under
takers are becoming exhausted by constant
working. young physician was taken dowr
this morning. At the health ,ffice up to noon
J only seven physicians out of bout twenty haG
made their reports of new cases. The numbe
} aggregated AZ. From this it will be seen tina
not more than one-half the cases are reported
and that the epidemic is more appalling than thu
official reports indicate. At the county
Jail there are about 20 cases of fever
McWilliams, under sentence for murder
died last night, and a negro murderer, Brizzell
under sentence of death, is in a dying condi
ton. At Camp Joe Williams four or fiv,
deaths occur daily. The hospital contains
about twenty-five sick; and worse is feared fo
: the poor people living in tents. Some hav,
become frightened and returned to the city
Alex. Hunnegnhon, of the Masonic board O
2 relief, is down, and Joseph Russell, of the Ode
Fellows relief board, is very low. The under
takers report ffty-hve yellow fever interment
up to noon to-day.
MEMPHIS. Aug. 31.-The oihcial records to
day exhibit l4S new cases for the twenty-fou
e hours ending at 6 o'clock this afternoon, anl
raT1fN he h.
Volunteer physicians continue arriving. Fiv
! from the Ohio board of health, DR.. Mccormick
from Indiana, and DIR. E. L. Eseley, from Lit
tie Rock, arrived to-day. DR.. Es eley was &C
companied by corps of thirty nurses. Anon,
E the most recent cases of fever are 81. S. Lar
dunn, city editor of the Apalanche; P. r. Athey
}, chief of police. r. A. Thompson, postmaster
4 is also down, but we'll. Jos. Russell superin
tendent of Odd Fellows nurses, died an,
will be buried to-day. Our druggist
!. are worked down, and there is urgent need o
It prescription clerks of experience and who hav
: had fever. Howard Heyman, druggist, die,
i to-day, and J. s. Robins, one of the principa
4 druggists, closed his establishment to-day an,
left the city to get rest. j. G. Armstrong
photographer, died of fever to-day at Coving
d ton, Upton county, and two other cases are re
= ported there. Fever continues to spread anon
# the negroes, all families being FRUSTRATED. bn
= it is hoped with the late additions to the medi
cal corps they will henceforth receive attention
In front of the commissary depot of the citi
r zens relief committee fully 1000 negroes as
I. sembled all day. The committee is laborin
o. hard To meet the necessities of all, and goo
Among the new cases reported this evenin
are Fathers Livemaro and Richardson of ST
Patrick's church. Father Erasmus, o. s. F. i
3 dead. The attention of the health Officer hal
II been called to Whitemore, in which five death
have occurred. One woman who died at mid
n night Friday, still lies in the house. An un
:, known man sick in the hack room was no
heard from for several days. This eyenin
9 physicians visited the house, broke into tn
q room of the sick man and found his stiff re
d mains lying abandoned in bed, dirty shee
f thrown over and despatched with black vomit
d The sanitary police have been instructed {,
n break into houses where they have reason 1.
believe there are unattended sick or dead per
sons.
q order prevails. At meeting of the Howar,
association to-day A. ID. Langstaff was electet
: president.
6 v1oKsBURa.
! VIcKsBURG, Miss, Aug. 3l.-Two hun
q dred and fourteen new cases of yellow feve
and ten deaths the past twenty-four hours
Among the deaths is Major A. A. Busby of tn
! @. @. Carroll, superintendent of the elevator
Fathers Heiber and Oberfel, and Signal Oh
server Tenny. Yellow fever has appeared a
: Greenville, Miss. Two deaths are reported
The people are panic stricken and flying from
town. Typographical union Is appeals to siste
: unions for assistance. Remit to Michael f
. Battle, secretary.
r GRENADA.
! LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 3I-The following dis
2 patch explains itself
D GRENADA, Mise, Aug. Sl-To Edward Mad.
D den, Couriey-J Journal, Louisville: Please wire
the following to all Associated Press agents anG
publish the same at once in your home papers