The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-01
THE WORK OF TIE SCOURGE.
ITS DEvAsTA TToNS STILL BErOND THE
POWER OF NAN TO STAE
| A Long Dcath-Rcn Constantly Increasing
| Tho sum ring In the Infected Places In
| tensc-Mhnt the ThoughtfnI nre Doing.

Buffalo. N. Y. died yesterday OF yellow fever.
The death list to-day includes twenty children
under years.
The following telegram was received this
morning. and the nurses will leave this after
noon:
PRssprsr HovaRp ASSOCIATION Send ten good nurses.
broken down Great distress Jas A GAGE
PoRt GIBSON, Aug 81
Twenty-sx applications for medical aid were
made on Saturday to the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association. and thirty for relief The
thirty seeking relief are heads Of families ag-
grcgatlng 40 persons. Applications for relief
are made out In blanks. specifying name. age,
address, number In family. occupation. and
references. On the blank being filed out.
1t Ia given 10 n member who institutes
inquiry OF the references or makes n personal
inspection. the result OF which no embraces
under the head OF remarks. II satisfactory
printed ration blank OF the New Orleans Pea
body Association is filed out. signed by the WIS.,
ting member. and stamped The blank then is
presented to the Peabody depot, at Magazine
and Lafayette streets. which was opened Satur-
day morning with good supply OF flour. meal.
sugar. tea. and cornmea As early "a So.
applicants made their appearance. and their
wants were supplied. The Photographers Re-
lief Association here have sent 800 to the sick
tcloeraphcrs ut Grenada.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Aug. 3i-The weather this
morning is bright and warm. hut the clouds Of
woe oyer our city show no signs OF breaking.
Tho physicians. nurses. visitors, druggists. and
undertakers are becoming exhausted by con-
slant working. Dr.. Wise. an active young ply
stefan. was taken down this morning at the
Board OF Health office. Up to noon only seven
physicians out OF about twenty had made their
reports Of new cases, the number aRgregating
A. From this II will be seen that not more
than hall the cases are reported. and that the
reports indicate. At tho county Jail there are
about twenty cases Of the fever. NJ G. Williams.
under sentence TO the penitentlary for murder.
died last night and Buzzcll n negro murderer
under sentence Of death. is IN dying condi-
ton; 4, Gang Joe Williams Aye or six deaths
occur daily. The hospital contains about TWEEN
ty-hye sick, and the worst IS feared for the poor
people living IN tenis soc,- ,,a,; -. o,:::
frightened. and returned to their homes in the
Masonic Board Of Relief ia down. and Jos Rus
sell ol tho Odd Fellows Relief Board is very
low The undertakers report .hity-nve yellow
icy.r interments UP 70 noon to-day.
MEMPHIS. Tenn AYE; Sl:-The OFFICIAL rec.
NJ. and II deaths. Volunteer physicians con.
iinuc to arrive five from the Ohio Board Of
=. \. Eqsley from Little Rock arriving to-day
DIR. Easlev was accompanied :, corps OF thirty
nursrsh AMONG the most recent cases Of fever
are u. :, 1andrum. city. editor Of the Ardldnche.
and Z. X. Athy. Chief Of Police. Postmaster X.
4. THOMPSON Is also down, but doing well;
Ioseuh Russell. Superintendent oi the odd
a
day. Our druggists are worked down.
and, there is urgent need q prescription
fever Howard Heyman WV druggist ii" died toe
day. j. s. Robinson. one Of the principal drug
gists, closed his ostablI shment To-day, and left
srapher. died Of fever today at CoSinston
Upton County. and two other cases are
spread among the negroes. whole families
being Frustrated. but II is hoped that with the
lpnNtfgrtl lottpr Ia
thousand negroes assembled to-day in front of
the ComniisSary Depot Of the citizens Relief
Commission. Tho Committee is leboring hard
To- meet the necessities ~ all. and good order
prevails. At a meeting Of the Howard Assnria-
ton to-day A. j. Langstail was elected Prcsi-
dent.
Among the new cases reported this evening
0re Fathers MrNnmnra AMI Ri0rdan u St. Pat
ricks Church. Father Erasmus q. :. F., Is
lead. The attention OF the health officers has
been called 10 the Whitemore House. in which
five deaths have occurred one woman who
died midnight on Friday still lies IN the house.
An unknown man. who was sick in "A bacl.
room. was not heard from for several
days. This evening a physician visited the
house broke into The SICK mans room and
found his stl romans lying abandoned IN the
bcdclothes Spa,tered with black yomit TIC
sanitary police have been instructed 20 break
into housns where ihey have reason 70 believe
LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug. 3l.-The following de-
spatch explains itself
=. Epw.Hp MAnGnss. c,ri.',Jso'H, Louisville ~
and publish same a once in your home papers
te hands Of The llewari Asso.iaY9n T. whom all sar
pics and money. should be sent we need no more DOC
mcneys by cxpTc,, 10 Inc Howard Assoca,ih at Grcn
We sI ned ,ugSg .. T aSg q s1'" money
VIcKsBuRG. Aug SI.-Two hundred and four
new cases and ten deaths have been reported for
the past "a hours. Amongth the deaths is Major \.
the new cases are r {. Carroll superintendent
OF the elevator; Fathers Hunter and Oherfelt
and Signal Observer Tenney =, The yellow fever
are nd TfS sns s'oS Are spglapica
sh m'S Remit to Michael + Battelsey' ~ "7''''
MOBILE. Aug. 3l.--Dr. f.. p. Gaines reports
ono case and death from yellow fever this morn
NJ, b.. Of this CIV IN ior vlcksbgre this morn.
CAIRo. IT.. Aug. 3l.-AtR meeting last night
committees consisting OF two gentlemen and
two ladies from each ward were appointed to
solicit contributions for the yellow fever suf-
sr rH5i .ijO to New Orleans. and John sproot
ice dealer. $50 to Canton. Miss. The Southern
Express Company and tho Mississippi Central
Railroad offer free Transportation on donations
and tho Western Union Telegraph Company
franks kilograms. No cases OF fever have been
reported here.
To General rl,i and Passenger AgHs throughout ne uai>f
You are to assemble in convention in chicago Sept IT,
where an appeal wall he mad for ai 70 fellow men
IN the yellow district THIS mornings dispatches
disclose fearful degree Of restitution Humanity de
mAnds speedy action Let each member contribute now
PasseHseT AseSi New orcsS, and Mobile Railroad and
Mr. = Chandler, General Passenger AGENT OF the New
Orleans and Jack son Railroad nov in Chicago, or au-
thOrize them 20 draw at sight for such sums rs
able contribute report u which can be made At
the body W. J IlousToS
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Aug. 9l.-Tha offlcial re-
port Of the Surgeon General OF the Marine Hos
pital shows the number Of cases Of yellow fever
In New Orleans up to date to be- 2s77. and deaths
867 In Vcksburgh, 500 cases In Memphis.
24l deaths during the week. In st. Louis 8
cases and 2 deaths. In quarantine below st.
Louis. 6 cases and death besides 20 doubtful
ending last evening. In Cairo H., death !;
Louisville. 4 Cincinnati. . cases and deaths.
all from infected places, In many places in
Mississippi and Louisiana the deaths OF refu-
gees from Grenada and other points are re-
ported.
MOBILE. Ala. Aug. 31.-The telegraphers Of
Mobile aud vicinity to-day sent 800 to New
Orleans for tho benefit Of sick telegraphers
The rich citizens Of Mobile RENTED TO Mem
phs to-day 5000 for tho benefit Of the yellow
fever sufferers. Tho patient who is reported to
have died Of yellow fever this morning came TO
the city from Claiborne, Ala. and two others Of
tho family had remittent fever after arrival.
but recovered, No other suspicious case is re-
ported.
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