The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-08

he seen smoke ascending Every place scomed
to be deserted. Vickshurg was almost as bad ns
sppi Iths bon hsd irSsHt for any N.Y. town i
was taken on TO New Orleans. the inhabitnnts
refusing to receive it, At New Orleans things
looked much better. Men were at work on tho
levce. business houses were open. but little or
no business WAS transacted. .
The return trip was made by rail; Az trenada
not n white man WINS visbe-only few me-
groes At Holly Springs about 200 camc aboard.
yellow fever had broken out the night before
wives leaving husbands. mothers leaving sons.
bidding them farewell perhaps forever. AT ono
train. Her husband died half an hour pre-
vious. and before his death made her promise
TO leave on, the next train 70 snyc the llSss o,
W&sHiSaToy. Il. G.. Sept, 7...surecon- General
rine Hospital service. issues an abstract OF tho
sanitary reports received during thS psst week
Quarantine net. as follows:
In New Orleans. Tor the week. 1872 cases Of
yellow fever and 532 cgses. OF death, making in
Port Eads. La. Tor tho week. case Of death
from yellow fever. and no new cases. In Nor
gan Ct5, In. for the week. IA cases Of yellow
6 cascs Of death. In vlcksburg for tho week
there were ISL cases VI death from yellow fever
N 81 .h S ali SG ense 'o o SssG RS1
1880 cases have occurred since the outbreak
surgeon Reyes telsgraphs that the fever is
accurate data" In Grenada for the week. there
were 96 now cases and 40 cases OF death. In
Canton. Miss. In tho fortnight ended yesterday
noon there We're liz cases OF yellow fever nni
22 cases Of death. making In al 100 cases apd
80 cases Of death; There are 100 cases under
treatment, Of which 10 occurred during the last
twenty four hours. In Ocean Spring. Miss. for
the. week there were fifteen cases OF yellow fever
and cases ~ death In Holly SPRING. the first
case Of probable yellow feyor occurred on tho
9Th Of August resulting in death sept. J.; 2
| louel al tltl 81 rn x4etar1aN aNpuinr nhgut
/ loo cases and % eases Of death occurred. Moro
than onc-hali the population fled the city, be-
| oi tho Board of Health are sick. In Nom
! rhis for the week ending ThurSday morning.
| sept. 3 thore We're j29 cases oi death from yell
! low fever. pr Ihornion r'lorls that we num-
| Der o. cases cannot be- obtained. In Hickmnn.
ny, the first casN ~ yellow fever occurred Aug.
| L. There were Co cases and u cases OF death
up to yesterday evening. In Louisville. KY.
| for the. week ended Yesterday evening there
| were p new cnse- 81 yellow fever and cases
! OF death. oil refugees and river lOatmcn In
| ST. Louis in the week ended yesterday evening
! there were 8 cases of death from yellow fever,
/ two refugees and a resident nurse Nho attended
! tho Refugees IN hospital Al Ouarnntne. below
/ ST. Louis. there were 10 new cases admitted and
9cnsess 4 death all refugees hut one, the stew
ard Of the Quarantine Hospital who Is now
! sick. he having contra ted tho disease at Quar-
. antine. All boats and trains from nie tod dis
tricts are prohibited from entering tho city
which remains healthy. In Pascagoula. Miss
! there wcrc cases OF yellow fever. in al piping
! from New Orleans between the lst and 9Th inst
Gibson. Miss. Greenvilc. Miss. and Browns
! vile. Tenn. whore yellow fever is reported 10
/ exist.
PHILADELPHIA Sept 7.-Sevcral u tho men,
hnrs OF the PHILADELPHIA Yellow Fever Fund
Committee asst rtod to-day that their acton IN
| declining To- allow theatrical performances 10
/ take place under the AUSPICES OF tho Committee
! has been mi-incrprrtcd They say that tho posi-
tion the Committee took was that II did not wish
to take the care or responsibility Of tickets lot
entertainments. Ii anybody Is disposed &c
unite in the good work by giving theatre enter
tainnenis. tho Committee viii bet thankful; bu.
II was not deemed prudent 10 Interfere I'm them
On the other hand Miss Rose Eytingc received
this afternoon. the following telegram from the
New York Yellow Fever Committee:
| INV YoEg Sept Your letter IN this days news
palels mests with the APPRECIATION Of the entire coinmu
| MY U Ncw York A. the Fhladelp hia Committee arc
unwilling to accept the contrihunns for the bene o. o
the yellow from play people" send the M
g. - AMI No viii most checrfas DISTURB them for such
| charity IN accordance with vonr Instructions
| kEsy-t ,. tALtous. Secntary OF Committee.
| subs rptions from the several places named
| are % follows: Fort Scott Kan, sl2j. Hudson
| \. Y. IN nll. 81 900. Troy. y Yin all. 81 795
| Cairo, H.. Knights Of the Mystic Crew. s225
| Westminster. ID. e.. "a tournament on Friday
~ GOO Columbus Ga. sl.7l9. Sacramento
Cal. sl7s0 lioues1al" Pa kl25 in llftv-ccni
suhscrpuons. Niagara FAILS. y \. stl6. New
.ursh. \, J.. : .Oo9i. Albany; \. Y. ii, FL
Montgomery Ala. in all. $3.50 Meridian
Mss. officers of the Great southern Railroad
1850. Portland. Oregon fi,oOO. Philadephia
! Pa. In an. 1920. HARRISBURG Pa. in AL
SHs7. Raleigh. y. c.. 81 OoI Gloucester y. J.
$50. savannah, Ca. - 500 Cleveland. Ohio
a. 0ll 5000. M,adVilr. Pa. in ALL t2.OuO
Atehs.n, kun. $500. Boston. Mass. il all