Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-09
YELLOW JACK.

YELLOW JACK.
Reports from the Fever Stricken Districts
Continued Spread of the Plague in the
Rural Districts.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. S.-Deaths 40; cases re-
ported 1885, Total deaths $685. cases 1856
Weather cloudy, and thrt atening rain.
L. 8. Hardee. State engineer. who, with three
children just recovering from fever, has three
more children sick to-day. Judge RICHTER and
little daughter, returned from over the lake
Monday, are now down with the fever.
The trustees of the Methodist relief fund say
the calls uron them are greatly in excess of
ca. ulations. on account of the duration of the
epidemic, and appeal to their friends not to
relax their efforts of relief.
AT AND AROUND PORT GIBSON.
PORT G1BsoN Oct. 8.--No deaths in town
since Sunday report. few cases and few
yet to have the fever. The news from the
country is fearful. The following whites have
died since last report: DR.. Thomas Young,
Bernard Newson, John J. Rundell. Bertram
Pernel Ben Humphrey, Jr., son of Hon. g.
W. Humphrey, MIR. Stewart, and Mr.. Shannon.
o. G. w. Humphreys place two persons
named Goosehorn, mother and son, and Rev. 8.
r. Bertrow. At least forty whites have died
of yellow fever in the country and a number
of colored, not known, but many more than
whites.
MEMPHIS AND VICINITY.
MEMPHIS Oct. 8.-Dr. D. D. Saunders presi-
dent of the Memphis board of health, returned
to this city this afternoon. He reports four
cases of fever at Florence, Ala.
The board of health report twenty lone deaths
from fever during the last twenty-four hours
ending at six p N. Twelve additional deaths
are reported by undertakers as having occurred
in the suburbs. Among those who died this
afternoon are Thos. N. Johnston, bookkeeper for
A. Vaccars Co., VIM. N. Capehart, j. 8. Arm
stadler, Mrs. Jennie Hewitt, Mrs j. M Lee
besqne, Alonzo Vaccars Thos j. Owens. Martin
Graffin. cashier of the German American bank,
has cOnvalesced sufficiently to enable him to
| attend to the business of the bank.
The fever has appeared at Raleigh, Tenn,
from which point an appeal for physicians was
| made this afternoon.
The following was received to-day: Decatur.
Ala, Oct 6.-To the president of the Howard
association, Memphis: Can you send us good
physician and three good nurses by first train?
Our medical director was taken down last night.
Others worn out. About forty sick, many of
| these yellow fever. (Signed) w. W. Little
john secretary Howard's."
Nurses sent this afternoon to CORTLAND,
Miss, in response to appeal
J. G. Stellar, volunteer physician from city,
died last night.
The Howard association this morning sent
| eight nurses to Lagrange, five to COilierville,
| and three to Tuscumbia.
Among the deaths reported SINCE last night
| are onerin Games w. Anderson DIR. o. ID. Bar
| tholomew, volunteer physician from Nash
vile, s. A. Anderson, a volunteer nurse from
New York, VIM. Mcmillan, George Cook and
Joseph s. johnson, book-keeper of Estes,
Dean d Go. r. O. Manuel, sergeant of police,
was stricken this morning.
AT OTHER POINTS.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 8.-Dr. Vanderman re.
ports during the past twenty-fours hours the
following deaths of yellow fever: Harry
Savage, Mat Schevier, Sarah Hall, Charles
Keisle, the latter nurse from Portsmouth,
Va. Twenty new cases; twelve colored. Among
the new cases are, Drs. g. a. Baxter and E. Nj.
Baird, both doing we'll. Keisle is the third
nurse that has died. Several others down.
Weather unfavorable, but the disease still in
| its old quarters camp has been established
on Boldknob in rear of the fair grounds, and
the infected district is being depopulated.
| PATTERsoNvILLE, Oct. Z, via FRANKLIN Oct.
S.-No abatement in fever; gradually spreading
| from house to house. and assuming malignant
form among the whites. Seventy-fve cases
and twenty deaths to-day. Four new cases to-
day. Deaths yesterday: Messrs. Sidney Palfrey,
Master Keller, Mrs. DR.. Joseph Knight. Died
to-day: DR.. Tarleton. Fever abating at Calu-
ment. Ceased at Lagoroa for want of material
Eleven deaths have occurred at Ricococh.
| GERMANTOWN, Tenn, Oct. SO. I. Prescott
a prominent Odd Fellow, stricken this after
| noon.
GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn. Oct s.-Three new
cases at Grand junction; no deaths. At La
grange, Tenn, two deaths and four new cases
| to-day.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 8-Weather unusually
warm. Quarantine in strict force. A Demo-
crat special from Hopefeld, Ark, opposite
Memphis reports thirty down with fever and
fifty in want of supplies. The Towards sent
$50.
CAIRO, Oct. 8.-One new case and two deaths
in the last twenty four hours The new case is
| of a lady who has been sick several days, and
decided to-day to be yellow fever. Consider
ing the warmth of the weather the outlook is
| very encouraging.
THBEDEAux, Oct. 8.-seventeen new cases
and two deaths. Fever spreading rapidly and
fatally in the surrounding country.
MORGAN CITY, Oct. 8.-Total cases, 400;
deaths So; under treatment, 176. Death rate
increasing more to-day, making IL since Sun
| day. Physicians worn out.
| CANTON, Oct. 8.-Nine new cases; deaths.
Fever spreading in the country. We have ap-
peals from Sulphur Springs, eighteen miles,
and from Vernon, twenty-one miles, distant. as
! well as from other points wanting physicians,
medicine and provisions. We are doing the
best we can for them.
M1DDLEToWN, n Y, Oct. 8.-The Democrats
of the Fourteenth district nominated Geo. M
/ Beebe for Congress.
/ New ORLEANS. Oct. S.--A Galveston Ne,u,
special from Colvert, says the Greenbackers OF
the Fourth district nominated John Mitchell.
l CORNING, N. Y, Oct. 8.-The Democrats Of
the Twenty-ninth district nominated Francis