Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-12
NEW ORLEANS.

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of age. Among the deaths are Sisters Mercede
and Augustine, of the convent Of Medira
Brother Joseph. of the Order of the Holy eros.
| from Notre Dame, Ind, and Lebarron Vaughan
aged years. son of g. T. Alleyn, acting man
ager of the Western Union Telegraph office.
| The Homeopathic Relief association report
having l,O50 cases OF yellow fever since com
| mencing their work, Sept. LIST, 1925 of which
| are still under treatment. Aside from furnish
ing physicians, nu SEES and medicines for suct
sick and subsistence tori their families. in the
aggregate, 5000 persons have also been sup
piled by the association. They claim an aver
age death rate of less than per cent. with all
present patients doing well. They have &C.
complished large amount Of good work by
sending physicians, nurses and medicines into
infected districts, all of which have met with
success.
The latest dispatches show that the fever con
tinues at the following named points, and is
spreading throughout the surrounding country
Vicksburg, Canton, Water Valley. Dry Grove,
Osyka, Port Gibson, Donaldsonville, Tribe.
deaux, and Bay st. Louis, and continues at
Holly Springs Baton Rouge, Morgan City,
Ricohoc, Tallnlaha, Delhi, Lake Waverly, Ed
wards Ferry, Beloxi, Pass Christian, Mississippi
City, Berwick City, Winona, McColnb City,
Tingipahoa, La Fourche Crossings and at sta
tions in Louisiana and Mississippi too numer-
GUS to mention.
New ORLEANS Oct. 1.-THE Peabody asso-
citation issued 10000 rations to-day; weekly is
sue, 157 500; value, $4,000. Applications for
relief to the Y. M. G. A., Sc; Towards, 242. Dr.
Warren Stol goes tomorrow TO investigate the
fever in st. Bernard parish. Nurses have been
sent to Biloxi, st. Gabriel, McComb City, Point
An Toche and Duck Hill.
kilograms to the Towards report as follows
Thibedaux-Twenty new cases, two deaths.
supplies for yellow fever sufferers ar
rived from st.Louis at o'clock
and left FIR Port Gibson this
afternoon. A large quantity of supplies were
distributed at various ports along the route
Eight deaths announced t,'-day.
The operator at Meriden, Miss; reports lis
cases of yellow fever in the city and rs deaths
up to date.
bennett, the operator at Greenville is down
with relapse. The other operator is also
sick. ne cases of fever in Delta nearly all
doing we'll.
McComb City-New cases O. deaths 4, leav-
ing % cases under treatment, z of HON are in
critical condition. The remaining sick are
simple forms of intermittent fever.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 1.-THE board of health Off
clally reports eighteen deaths as having occur
red from yellow fever during the past twenty
four hours ending at 6 o'clock tonight. In
addition the undertakers report seventeen
ueatns OUTSIDE lne corporate MINUS. Among
the deaths occurring since noon are William
Brock vogel T. K. Dougherty, A. Brock and
daughter, j. P. Strange, Mrs. Fred Bostmeer,
Mrs. Fannie Wells, Mrs. T. Pritchett, r. Fisher,
R. Northrop, Mrs. Wells, Bryon Brooks, Gear
rier of the Daily Appeal,) w. II. Batock, and
Mrs. L. Riville. The weather has cleared and
is cooler.
J. N. Smith, secretary of the Howard associa-
ton, G.. B. Thornton, city hospital physician,
Jeff Davis Jr., son of Jefferson DAVIS, were
stricken this afternoon. The latter is out in
the country, eight miles from the city.
MEMPHIS, Oct. l1.-Twenty-thr thousand
rations were issued by the citizens relief COM
mittee to-day. Alvah s. Hawkins, a volunteer
telegraph operator from Pittsburgh, died this
afternoon. He was the third volunteer operat-
or from that city, all OF whom have died.
Twenty-Five physicians of the Howard medical
corps reported 103 new cases, fifty in the city
and the remainder in the suburbs. The wind
has veered round to the north and the weather
is rapidly turning cooler with good prospects
of frost.
BATON ROUGE, Oct. 11.-Fifty new cases and
IS deaths. Since the beginning of the epidemic
we have had some 1000 sick and about 14O
deaths. The rain storm of day before yester-
day brought no relief. Contrary to expectation
another warm spell is upon US, bringing with
keeping up their work with both white and
colored while great restitution prevails. The
epidemic is not fatal to colored people, but is
prostrating them by hundreds. When stricken
they are found in need of everything. All the
aid possible is being extended to them.
ON THE TEcHE.
PATTERSON, La. Oct. 1.-THE fever is spread
ing on the Teche; eig;.ty-fve cases to date and
twenty-five deaths. The fever is in malig-
nant form with the whltes but of mild type
with the blacks. Four deaths and nine new
cases since the 7th. Deaths. Miss Laura Ber-
nard, Geo. Bernard and a daughter of VIM.
Burke. aged 10 years, and niece of Mr.. Dau-
phon. Twelve deaths to date at Rcohocu. All
doing we'll at Calumut and Lagonda.
INVESTIGATING COMMISSION.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 1.-THE board of health
in special meeting tonight passed resolu-
presid ent, be appoint d to inquire into the
origin and causes of yellow fever in New
Orleans and other por' ions of the State of
Louisiana and to suggest to the legislature
such measures as will tend to prevent recur-
renee of such calamity. DR.. Austin wanted
DIR. B. White, for many years president of the
board of health of New Orleans, as member
of the commission. Objections were made,
partly as to the right of the board to appoint
would be considered as incapacity on the part
Of the board to grapple with the questions.
DIR. Taney favored general commission IF
scientific men from all parts OF the world.
Neither would a local commission have time
enough to ascertain all the facts before the
meeting of the next legislature. The president
finally appointed Drs. fancy, Albright, Jones
and Austin as the commission. 1t is under
stood that the commission will recommend the
appointment of general commission by the
legislature, and to our representatives in Con-
gress the appointment of a national commits.
sion with the ecessary funds to go thoroughly
into the subject.
CLOTHING FOR THE SUFFERERS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE following circular
has been issued by the general committee OF
collection ,f clothing, etc., for yellow feve
| sufferers:
| To the Young Mems Christian Association:
The complete success of this committee
plan for a general collection of clothing an.
| bedding for yellow fever sufferers, and the in
creasing necessities of the situation, Undue
your Immediate consideration of like measure
/ in all great cities. We shall be happy to com
| municate details of plan with suggestions aris
i ing from our experience. Physicians advis
that clothes should not be sent South unit
frost. now near at hand; and adds that a
! will be needed that can possibly be collected
Yours in fellowship. GEORGE SANDERS,
Gen. Com. on Collecting Clothing. Etc.
4 PROGRESS OF THE RELIEF STEAMER
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-THE Globe Democrat
j special from Friar's Point, Mise, mentions Il
arrival there of the relief boat Chambers, ar
says that is the first point after leaving Hic
man. KY, where supplies were needed. A Ii
eral amount of medicines, some lemons, al
half ton of ice were left there. ell that y