Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-24

the Country in LlDeral1ty, contributing
Thirty Thousand Dollars to the Sufferers
Tenders of Aid from Other Points.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 23.-New cases 1913;
deaths 40. The deaths include thirteen chill
dren, aged to Z; also five aged IL to II years.
T. A. Woodward, commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, has succeeded in organ
izing a relief committee for the purpose of
nursing and caring for any comrades who
should need their services. The following il
the committee: VIM. Wright, A. s. Badger, j.
A. Wright. Contributions have been solicited
from comrades of other States The responses
SO far are quite encouraging. The committee
SO far have buried four comrades. 3. P.
Blanchard, formerly State register of votes,
and late custom house clerk, died last even
ing by congestion of the brain, superinduced
by fever, after an illness of less than IL hours.
He was buried at Chalmette to-day by Jas. A.
Marrer post of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie. Commissioner w. G. Lane, i'll with the
fever is believed to be out of danger. o. E..
Harlsacker is out again. L. 2. Cauband late
deputy collector, has a light attack of fever
Naval Engineer Lewis has been requested by
Collector Smith to cooperate with him in the
enforcement Of the rule against smoking and
drinking Intoxicating liquors in the custom
house during working hours
The following appeal is made by the Y. NJ c.
A.: Having organized into relief commit
tee, we will be pleased to be made the almonr
ers of contributions of our friends and COM
munities abroad and our own fellow citizens
for the relief of the destitute and sick in on
city. prompt response to this appeal will
enable us to render effective aid in this time of
special sickness and restitution.
(Slgned) w. Il. RAYMOND, Treas.
lNoTE-This association has now in charge
upwards of thirty cases. Thursday night
they sent out several nurses and
were to-day receiving and considering applica-
tions. Some contributions of money have
come in, and the organization may be said to
be thoroughly under way.
dispatch from the mayor of Plague Mine to
the Howard association. says: .'We are afflicted
with the scourge of yellow fever. New cases
constantly occurring. Our physicians have
more than they can do. We are sadly in need
OF help. Can you send us an experienced
physician?''
Many families are found in destitute circum-
stances without money or food, with some
times two or three or more sick. The immedi-
ate wants of all such are supplied. The assoc
citation have sent out in this city twenty
nurses. They estimate their present expenses
at from ST. 500 to -, 900 per day. In response
to call the Towards have sent out physicians
and nurses as follows: Grenada two physicians,
nifty nurses two druggists; Canton, one
physician, four nurses; Summit, two nurses;
Port Eads, ten physicians six nurses Port
Gibson, eight nurses. visit to the rooms of
the Howard association this evening found
President Standiff, Secretary Southmaid and
number of members of the association on
duty, all quite busy attending to applications
for relief. Secretary Southmaid stated that
$50 applications were made to the association
to-day, including many colored people. $50
applications for relief have been made
to date. The secretary thinks
there are about l, 100 sick represented by these
applications. Besides this in response to call
from Vicksburg one physician and twenty.
nurses will be- sent there tomorrow. dis
patch from Dr. Veasy, at Grenada, says the
fever there in the past few days has assumed
mild form.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Mayor Ely this morn
ing received 1922 in small subscriptions in aid
Of the Southern sufferers by fever. VIM.
Schultz, of Brooklyn, the yellow fever patient
who was removed to the quarantine hospital
Wednesday, died last night. Schultz is sup
posed to have contracted the disease while un-
loading cargo of logwood last Saturday.
The chamber of commerce to-day appointed
a committee to obtain contributions for relief
of yellow fever districts.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 23.-There is little change to
report tonight. The fever adds to its victims
almost hourly, the new cases occurring the past
twenty-four hours being forty-ive, and the
deaths ten. Among the latter are John A.
Raush and Jno. G. Forbes. Drs. Fraser and
Marble were taken down tonight. Howard s
and other relief organizations report the sick
doing well, and many of them convalescent.
Owing to the action of the board of health
this morning, declaring the fever
epidemic and advising all to leave who could
do SO, about 500 people left the infected dis
tr tt. It; to-day, most of them going to Camp Joe
Williams A. d. Longstaff, vice president, and
j. II. Smith, secretary of the Howard associa-
ton, request all parties DESTROYS of making
donations for the benefit of the sick to forward
direct to the Howard association, Memphis,
receipts Of which will be properly acknowl-
edged. The following appeal is made in behalf
of the orphans to the Catholics throughout
fever is again i'll Memphis. Many will be
left orphans. st. Peters asylum, in this city,
is already overburdened. Substantial sympa-
thy is needed. Please send contributions tc
Rev. j. A. Kelly, st. Peters church,
MASONIC RELIEF.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 23.-W M. Cunning
ham, of this city, grand master of Ohio Ma
sons, has directed the grand secretary to issue
an appeal to the 500 lodges of Ohio for help 70,
the fever sufferers.
SOUTHERN MAILS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The following cor
respondence took place to-day: jackson
Miss, Hon. d. M. Key, Postmaster-General
Please stop all mail except frst-class for al
points in Mississippi from Memphis and New
| Orleans. and all except frst-class matter from
coming from the following infected points IL
the State: Grenada, Vicksburg, Canton, Por
Gibson and Holy Springs. We regard this a.
important for safety. (Signed) Wir
Johnston, M. D., Secretary State Board O
/ HEALTH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-Wirt Johnston, sec
rotary, ETC., Jackson, Miss: It is not deemed
! advisable to direct the exclusion of any class o
matter from the mails because of the prevail
ence of yellow fever. This department will
not however, attempt to disregard any reasona
| BILE order of legally constituted boards o
health issued to prevent the spread OF disease
but on the contrary desires its officers to CO
| operate in executing them.
(Signed) ]. N. TyNER,
/ Acting Postmaster General
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23.-John F. Long, late col
lector of this port, has sent check to Mayo
Overstolz for $500, to be distributed equal
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