Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-09
Yellow Fever.

,essed and near hundred fresh mounds arc
added to our cemeteries and the poters' field.
Tho total punbcr OF interments reported up to
six y. H., ore seventy oue with one hrm OF
undcrtakcrs to hear from, which will make
the deaths this day in the neishbcrhood OF ono
hundred. Only partial reports OF ne" cases
have been mado to day. The physicians are
SO pressed for time that the mejor'ty prefer to
violate the law requiring them to report to
nesl.ct;pc the sick. Six resident physicians
rnnort ninetr.six new cases, and 1t is safe TO
ASSERT that the number of new cases to-day VII!
bc near 200. Among those reported are lev.
T., G., Slater, of the Fms: Methodist Church;
II. II. Gocway, the volunteer telegraph opera
tor from pittsburf; Herbert S. Landmcn, city
editor Of the Avalanche, who has bad relapse,
is again down; General Charles Adams, y. IS.
FARES, Mrs. DR.. ThWeatt, Martin EGke, Hon.
John Loguc. ex mayor, and bis VILE; Is.
Douphorty Philip EEb, j. b. Hill, j. j. Sui
Ivan. of Fahcrty l. Sullivan, undertakers,
and W. s. Brosks. river editor OF the Appeal,
whose wio died this morning.
Among the deaths is w. i. Powell, late
editor and publisher Of tho Southern Catholic
Mapszinc. J. &. Thrall is dying. 4 meeting
tion and citizens relief committee was held
ihis morning, at which it was determined, as
means Of forcing many people to leave the
O;ty. hat no moro ratios would be issued in
the CITY to those not sick. but that camps
wonld be established at various points remote
from the city, and that those removing thlther
wonld be supplied with food.
\ committee, consisting OF General Lake II.
Wright, Msiar J. S. Prestige. Z. &. Fisher,
A. I.angstaii ex Mayor John johnson, aud DR..
". T.. Roger WAS appointed to carry cut this
measure.
Rev. L. s. Schuyler, of tho Holy lnnoeents
Church, lIobokeu, n. D., has arrived to sup
ply the paco q tho late Rsv. {. =. Parsons,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church.
A. i. G.. Cook. OF the Howard Association,
died tonight. This makes four, OF a member
ship of twenty one, who have died IN the past
week. -Four more arc sick.
Miss Emma Feeder, OF Cincinnati, a volun
toar nurse, Wis taksii s!ck 70 night: also Cap.
tain n. I. Llcy.
Drs l.. A. Bryau, ". y. W. fryer, and s.
o. Nounr, OF Houston. rsxss; De- james +.
hlcGrcw, OF Terra tiaute, Ind, and d.. }. G.
Orr, of Cincinnati, have arrived aol Volun
tecred their services to the Towards. The
following telegram. seut by DR.. Mitchell, with
the approval OF y. y. Lsnestatf, president Of
tho Howard Association, explains the situation
t0 right:
10 The Chairman ofMc Relief Commute " y:
The situation is horrible beyond description.
Thcro are 1000 ocs,s Of fever Have lorty
rhy sieians. light have died. These from
thu North sickcn in lew days aud die There
is not provision hOuS, open 10 the city. AID
oniy one hotel. The Peabody, TO feed doctors
and nurses. We want everything that q pes
l!epcc stlickeo, iamshcd, and impoverished
people need
Oaly two drug stores we're OPEN in the
that have been closed aud place pres criution
clerks in charge Howard physicians report
over 500 new cases to-day. These are in add.
ton to the new cases reported to the board Of
health. Dr.. Mcklbn, at st. Louis, died this
evening.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. S.--Asw cases. 225;
deaths 81. Tho weather was cloudy and
showery this forenoon aud heavy rain fell
this afternoon. Maximum Thermometer, So.
Samuel r. Shepard, son Of w. G. Shepard,
died today. Dr. Broadus, Of the Towards
was taken down to-day. The wife of Secretary
Southmayd, of the Howard Association, and
five children arc down with fever.
The Young Mems Christian Association re.
port tba. they hava attended to fifty two new
cases OF yellow ttvar today and total OF 995
since the commencement Of the epidemic.
The Towards report four hundred aud sew.
cuty two new eases, iecIudpg sick and dcstl
tutc.
the Towards to day received the following
telegram, dated Port Gibson, September /:
"piease send Us five good colored female
purses By rail to Eicksburg and Grand Gulf
with all dispatch. There is great suffering,
especially among coIGraI people. Seventy
nicc deaths to date.
tLAQUEalGSE, PARISH OF IBERVILLE. Sept.
5.-We are in the midst of a raging pestilence.
OF our two physicians only one IS On duty, Dr.
L. S. Pcs:cll, who reports to-day over 100
cases of fever under his observation, all wthiO
the limits OF our small town.
Up to date twenty seven death have occur
red. DR.. s. ID. SchWiug is down With the fever.
1t is on tho iccresS,. Business is suspended.
Our financial resources arc insufficient to re-
1--we many poor in distress. We arc sadly in
want. viii not the country send us help
Our people are struggling nobiy against the
sCourge.
GREESvIILE, Sept. $-Five deaths and
twenty new cases in the last twenty four hours.
Total deaths, A.; total cases, leo.
HICKMAN, Ky. Sept. s.
The telegraph operator is down with fever.
Ills disease is yellow fever beyond question.
Fifty or more are sick or convalescing. Some
will di,. There src about sixty whites and so
blacks IN the town The worst is over The
physicians here Gao control the disease.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S.-Yestcrday Mr..
Vim. y. Gcmmill, of the Chestnut street
theatre wrote to Co.. Henry d. Welsh, chair
ra, nf thn volinw invnr fnnd commjtten stat
log that the members Of the theatrical profess
sion would hoId meeting tomorrow to mako
arrangements t. help the Southern sufferers,
and asked him to state whether he had been
correctly reported when he refused to assist
Manager Goodwin, OF the Walnut, in benefit
the latter proposed for Wednesday, afternoon
with tho assistance Of Miss Rose Eytinge.
Col. Welsh to day replied. He stated that
he had been incorrectly reported and would be
willing to render ell proper assistance TO in
crease the yellow fever fund lie says he has