The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-28
List Of Deaths and New Cases
Yesterday.
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
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NEW OsLEAss. August 81, 1873
At tho Charity secse,y to-day Dr.. Samuel cheppin
tried an exceeding interesting experiment. which,
MsuccesssuI will rev,,lusenize the treatment Of ysI
Important medical discoveries Of the age The patient
va IA mo4busd ssaAities, having been sssk with
yslsw fever twsnty-sour hosrs without attention,
his n only medicine being Sedlitz pow
aex. The tsmpsrsturs Of his body Indicated
lss Is dsgrssa H,s p,assssat 100 misuts end no
presented the appearance Of who would die in
very few minutes The patient stripped naked,
placed upon ono Of Dr. KsEbss' COTS which has
= network andinaia rubber reospticle beneath
and sprinkled with ice wraer from sprinktng can
swo hours ana quarter: ~ the expiration Of that
lime the tempsrature of the. body reduced tot
degrees and the pulse to 90 .s.44sla. aas ai.i
.r4Fs Ai MARVELLOUS. ,RHBuLrs. aei ~
when shs sprinklpg oeassst the temperature Of the
body returned the normal heat in health the fever
disappeared and the patient fell geatls Sleep
which stIi continues. Az present writing this FIRST
experiments In cold attracting wide
spread attenuen among PHYSICS ans, and should The
patient is prsdosed inst the disease will be
mastered After the sprinki'ngvihe pa.ens was Gov
cred With sheet .se
s- YESTERDAYS RsaoKp. ID fst..l
'fosdsys yellow fever reports snow 1914 new cases
end 20 desthAa This death list iacAndes eight children
Dodsr sevcnlysnrs of age. abi 81 tsisl.t5i ea
collector smith hs been authorsseby the Treasury
Depsrtmsnt 70 puuchnss 400 saiions aoid to
disinfect the c>apf4ouse q e.' .law .fi q
isla AsornsK sozii Ams AssoclAaios. ! ..sg
The undsssigAtda hssss organized with the Ssnsent
and sppfstsyd hssMrycr. char aaple'asscciation,
name OF New OricanS eabooy Subsistence Assooa-
tion, for purpose Of collecting provisions, bread
Ssuns and ohor arciosof food, and distributing the
same into ratons 10 destitute the city Of New
Orleans Tho depot Of supplies will be at No SO
Tcnapouias street, and TO the extent OF the samo
acquisitions upon president by the proper officers
OF the different charitable associations Of New Or
leans will be filed promptly lo -
T. DoLHONDE. pres,d't JOHN t. MOORE, Jr,
W. H. DEEvEs, JOHN SINNOiT,
ABRAM HlnsCH. WESLEY LAwRENoE,
BENZ F. CHAMBERS. j. K. NEWMAN.
WILLIAM PiLARD, FRANK RODER,
c. O. CUMMINGS,
). W. NADER Secretary and commissary.
eNsdlaliy approve the movement contemplated by
che above. q. PiLLsBURY, Mayor
wzsTEnN UNION TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
TAKEN SICK AT NEW ORLEANS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HEnALD.1
ST. LOUIS August IT, 1873
Tho following was received at the Western Union
Telegraph once this morning from the Now Orleans
ofhce:- rqE48
"our manager, Mr. Barnes lies In q worry low coz
bitoa Ch,ef operators Chase and Riddles were taken
severely III last night. Smith Is comfortable.
We ak men short this morning We need money
70 provide for the comfort OF the stick oncs."
Within twenty minutes from the receipt Of the
above message q handsome sum had boon made up BY
the teegraphcrs here, aud By telcsrapho order
to New Orleans.
PLAouE-DsATHs AND NEW CAsEs YEsrER-
DAY-rHE PEvER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE
BLOCKADE.
BIZ TELEGRAPH TO THE ,HEIAnD.1s y"
vIcnsBuRG, Nisa, Aag "a "a. 1o5s.
To-day 10 almost q repetition Of yesterday. The
number Of new for the last twenty-iour hours Ia
49, The reports DEATHS among them
some Of Oldest ana best citlxens Acting Mayor
Joseph Doll was siruck down this morning ont,
bat not with lever A. A. Bursloy, pnominest
chant went down to-day With the fever. The follow
ing dispatches received and to-day showing
she state OF affairs hcre:-
ftN GOVERNMENT AID.
J. y. DALI, Mayor
Tents werc sent to you several days ago 1 advise
m appeal TO Northern citizens for help.
fear Tho government cannot supply what Is required
Whatever do rs without authority. However tell mo
vhas 10 most urgently needed and will do'what l
can. .Cff u. ~......
GEORGE W. M'cRARY, Secretary OF War
vIcKsBURG, Mss, August ~, 1873.
Hon. GzoRGE W. McCREARY, Washington, ID. G:
Mayor 10 sick ana turned your despatch. Sick
Gods sake nsip us in this noble and slori-
Gus warfare to feed the hungry, ctothe tho
naked sucsor ,be sick and bind up wounds Of the
sinlcscd. what We require Is raions for the poor
Who arc chiefly coorcd There Is no employment Tor
'n'n' 'nd the T si.[iss z k ISsrfos 6a'y
President Howard Association.
srRrKIye ALL DOWN.
Dr. Booth-diod, and was buried this morning. Thus
psssed away good, brave man, who fell At the post
b honor and duty, msxne this - one Of the black
Says OF the epidemic OF 1878
Tho lever is striking down some Of our oldest and
beet sciuxens until seems that reclamation, and
having had tho fever in former years, Is
but . slight aefspce against IL. T. II. MI
Der, Job prinsss, buried this morsing.
be hiss nursed cnscs OF the fever IN past
years. James SemYfe, an old citizen, who has lived
borough all the epidemios from 1913 the present
blme and has had the fever before, was num-
bered among tho dead to-day. The Howard As
ociasn 10 oeius al thats possible to relieve the
unering and starvation OF this city With tho local
suspension Of business. want and starvation to
bousands mere who in ordinary times would
. Considered prosperous ana well to do. These
Ssopls To-Day arc applicants Tor relief to the
nly ssarco Of help the Howard Assocission. 1t 10
lmost impossible 70 bosieve tho utter desolation |
ch the last few weeks have brought upon US Il
ppears TO be crror at least lar as Jackson 10
cncsrpsd, as TO the stoppags OF trains
ERsAxiSo rfE BLocxApR.
rhs following. In rcpy too desputoh scat volsvsr-