Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-14
Yellow Fever.


o'c!cck to eistt TIE u7dartss:rs Icpo7:
st7en Additional deaths 10 TIE suburbs Amorg
the deaths occurring si1ca oooo sEs the io9H'
ing: E.ich Phi! Msu7eE, Miss Docla GeeF'
Vim. Blanke05urg, Barjsnio D:eyfus aI1 u
A. Nusti0g.
Hon. Casey Young has Just returned from a
visit TO all the towns in his district He reports
the endemic as sbainc a. some Of the places,
but mainly fer want Of material TO work upo1.
Alta Grange, Grand Junction and Somervll!c
tie suferiog ard distress are great. TIE dis
ease is spreading from the towns to The conctry
and unless tIost comes il short time II Is
feared il will 1a7sge al! the region su1rcuoclng
Memphis.
twenty PHYSICIANS of The Howard Medics!
Corps report seventy six Gew casts. ferry IN the
| city and thirty six il the suburbs. The weather
| is clear and cold.
Dr.. T. H. Force, volunteer physician from
| Hot Springs, Arkansas, died this afternoon at
| FIVE o'clock.
HUNTSVILLE Oct. l3.-One death here to-
| day from the t;ver, Nj. Jonathan Fisher, a
! refugee from Decatur. Oac lev cases, ": A
! Clark, telegraph operator, who I'D from Ius'
cunbia last eight. Two hundred aud five cases
st Chattanooga; fifteen deaths yesterday. DFs'
Barr and Baird were dying this atternoon:-
Oscar +. Prescott. prominent Dad Fellow
| died to night at 9 O'CLOCK.
EICKsBuRG, Oct. lobe death 70 dsy-a
chid Jour years old. Several deaths are re
ported lu the country, amoog them Mrs. l.. H.
| Gray, wife OF J. ". Gray. Of E!ck=b1re. Inc
| fever continues spreading throughout the sur.
rounding c9uotS. An decrease OF rew cases
aud deaths is reported at BOyua and Boitcn's.
| l., l., ~ n. K ro ND
are all down. Mrs Williamson is in dylog
condition. Her daughter, Mrs. Cremer, is in
a critical cond!lioO. 4 sou Of Mrs. Crener
died yesterday.
MEMpHIs, OF. l3.-Amonp the reported
d:a!bs arc thoss of Jobo M,Mahop, Hosea
| Butler, John Hartman, Mrs. j. B. Janaiog7
Maggie Price, W5a.t Fuller ana Miss Ha:lie
Ackermau "a teacher 10 the High Scbao!, aud
ore Ct the first volunteer nurses. The tota!
pun Der of cases under treatment is lsS, about
| $50 of which are coored persons. Camp Bill
is rapidly filling up. lie fever during the last
three days has ctept up the bill, sklrting the
iLf.c;cd district The Relief Committee Of
Atlanta, Georgia, sent Drs. Lee, knott and
OImstead here, and they nave G;!ed up the
| High School bulldog as hospital, the city OF
| Atlanta furnishing the equipment aud supplies
| for the same. Drs. Bard and Frazer, voun-
tesr ply sicians. are very low. Dis Barr and
| Baxter are doing we'll. The tota! uurbcr OF
deaths from yellow tever for the weak cndlog
at six p. ID. to night is -.
| For the twenty fur hours ending al I p. ~
to-day, the deaths from yellow f4ver we're Dr.
Z. NJ. Baird, Dr. r. n. Barr. Mrs j. Hart.
man, Mr. Thomas Singleton, Albert Wcinlcko,
| Hugh Talsy and five colorad. Nine nav CASES
seven of them oo!ored No lross.
| NEW ORLEANS, Oct. l3.-The Board ti
Health re port for the twenty four hours enGiog
at Doon 10 day: Deaths, 80; cases, Us; total
cases TO date, 1851 deaths, 3.l9o. James
Pepper, of Mobile, resident student at the
Charity Hospital died yesterday. Il. GrtLn
Racul, teIegrapher Of O:yka, Miss, died last
rigbt Of yellow lever.
At Taogapaboo there wcIo Elk deaths yes
terds2, and rs of the population are doWn With
the f=ver. There is only one physician here
At Morgan City the fever is abaliDg little,
occurred since Friday. At Baton Rouge four
Dew cases and three deaths. At L:binon
| Church one new case. 90 deaths, ard forty nine
cases uoder treatment. At Dry Grove two
uew cases and one death. a. Crystal SarIogs
there are four we'll defined cases Of yellow fever
At Cairo two deaths and oDc neW case Ct fever
during the past twenty four hours. At Patter.
sonvilIe Mrs. FaoDy a. PaIfrcy tied Of yellow
fever yesterday. Two new cas1s are reported
at Mound Place. At Rocohcc three deaths
from fever yesterday. 81 Biloxi six CASES aud
four deaths. At Graod Junction FIVE new cases
aud three deaths Dr.. n. Fl. Prewitt, the
most prominact physician Of that place, died
yesterday. His brother. DR.. =. L. Prewitt, is
bow improving. The weather is chilly, with
prospects Of turning cold. ct Meridian total
deaths twenty six; now sick keVeuty Two. At
| Bay ST. Louis nine new cases and TWO deaths.
| At GreenvIIle ten new cases and two deaths tor
the past twenty four hours. Deaths include
Dr.. Archer. Total deaths 2lS. The fever IS
spreading through the country. AT IhloodeauX
sixteen new cases and three deaths. At Oj5 ka
noe new cases and five deaths. At Beech
Grove twenty cases Of fever and fifteen deaths
| At Lebanon Church nine new cases aud two
| deaths during the past two days. At Dry
| Cove three new cases and two DEATHS
LATER.
MEMPHIS, Teun., O.t. 14.-The weather ia
warmer. The following telegram was received
! to day at noon:
DECATUR, Ala. October II
| 10 the X1Uayd Association, INenphis:
VIII leave here this morniog for Tuscupba
and Florence. There were II new cases at this
point yesterday. The Howard Association here
is well managed, and have all their wants sup
piled. Doctors Sauve and Summers and resi-.
dent physicians are doiog DobIy. There are
two hundred cases Of yellow fever at Chatta.
nooga, Tepu., who are being we'll cared for By
physicians ADD thoroughly orgaDiz.d relief
committee, with Hon. +. A. James as cbari.
u an, who is emnenty qualified for the posi-
ton. will reach home to night
(Sigued) A. ID. LANGsTAFF
Prcsideot Howard Association.
The Howard Association this morning sent
nurses to Garner and Hernaod, Miss. Among
the deaths reported since last night are Mother
Superior Maria Joseph, of the Sisters of the
Good Shepherd. +. G.. Manuel, Sergeant Of
Police, Miss Carrie Plain and Marcus b. Joat
The latter died miles east of the city.
NEW ORLEANS, Oot. 14.-rho weather To-
day is clear aud pleasant. One hundred and
eighty three new cases of yellow fever aud 30
deaths are reported for the past twenty four
hours. The too'lngs to date, II. 72O casss and
8 5l9 deaths.