The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-07
YELLOW FEVER.
News No Better as the Season
Advances. Z
Continuance Of Epidemic for Several
Weeks Predicted.
Great Destitution Among Sick and
Well at New Orleans.
Bad Weather and Spreading Fever at
Memphis. sf.
Fears that Cairo will be Scourged.
YELLOW FEVER.
Fears that Cairo will be scourged


Fears that Cairo will be Scourged
SEwioRLEASs.
SEw ORLEANS, October 5.-There was
shower this afternoon. The deaths includ
twenty children under seven. Among tn
dead are Rev. L. LOwinsOhn, Of Rampar
Street Congregation; Barnhard Gutten
berg, John C. Sorcress, Pierre Gonliage
nineteen; George Harrison, Assistant Sec
retary st. Georges Society; Albert Nor
cross, steamboat engineer, OF St Louis
Chas. Weisbaar; and at Mississippi City
Mrs. VIM. D. Clarke.
Governor Nichols received a Telegram
to-day that one OF his children had taker
the fever, at his country residence, nea
Thibadeaux. The Governor, acc0mpanieC
by DR.. Chopin, left at once for Thiba
deaux, by special train.
Among the new cases reported TO the
Board OF Health to-day are six at the
Charity Hospital, three in the Marine De
partment OF the Hotel Dieu, and several
along the GENTLY road, in the lower limit
OF the Third District.
The Howards have received the follow
ing:
"BAroX RorGE, La, October 5.
"Dr. Dupree is down sick, and the fever
is increasing TO such an extent as TO rem
der it necessary in this emergency to ask
that two good physicians be sent up By
this evenings boat"
r, G. Raoul, telegraph operator at Osy-
ka, Miss, died there last night.
W. Mclaughlin, Grand Worthy TEN
plar, makes an appeal for aid on behalf oi
members OF the order here who are pros.
trated by fever, to Grand and Subordinate
Temples OF Honor and Temperance. under
the Jurisdiction OF the Supreme Council,
the United States.
The Homeopathic Relief Association to-
day issue circular, supplementary to one
issued September Tth, saying that meteo'
rological conditions prevailing here indi-
cate the continuance Of yellow fever here
for many weeks to come. They further
assert that their organization is entirely in
dependent of the Howard and all other
relief Associations, and that they have re-
ceived no benefit from any funds sent the
latter; that their practice has been pre-
eminently successful in the epidemic; that
they have demands in excess OF their abil'
tiles, and ask further aid Of their Northern
friends.
Applications for relief to the Young
Mems Christian Association, 90; to the
Howards, 307. DR.. T. J. Woolf telegraphs
the Young Mems Christian Association
from Winona:
Mcclure, who came here from Grand
Junction, as representative OF the How
ards, has Just died here.
MEMPHIS. H
MExPnts, TENN, 0ctober5.-The wealth
er indicates storm; with cold wind from
the north, which will be unfavorable to
the sick. gf
There has been unusual activity noticed
at the Howard Association headquarters
during the day, and the fever continues to
spread. -'''a=7a'--',,.--.''',,-'
The Board of Health report 2s deaths in
the city during the q hours ending at =
o'clock tonight. :.
Undertakers report the names OF i
others who died outside the corporation
line.
A. D. Langstaff, President ofthe How
ard Association, who went to Brownsville
this morning, has sent the following teie
BROWNSVILLE, TENN, October 5.
Ho,rad Association, Memphis: -.
Send, by to-morrow's train, ive good
experienced female nurses, all white If pos
sible. Condition Of affairs here quite dis
tressing.
DR.. R. W. Mitchell, Medical Director Q
the Howard Association, received the fol
lowing telegrams during the day:
HExDERsoX, KY, october5.
Dr.. R. ". Mitchell, Memphis:
Please send two physicians and foul
nurses to Hickman, Ky. All OF our mer
down and no abatement, and l have M
acclimated men.
Pres. STATE Board ot Healh.
TuscrMBrA, Ala, October ..
DR.. r. ". Mitchell, Memphis:
We have several cases OF fever here
Our people are much alarmed. Send usi
possible one physician and two or thre'
good nurses, BY first train:
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, octoberb.
DR.. R. ". Mtchbl, Memphis:
Can YOU send US seven female and thre'
male nurses? Answer.
Medical Director.
LYxcurRG, Va, October 5.
Ho,pard .lssoeiation,T Tlftmpha:
Can send you physician who has treat
ed yellow fever. Shall do so?
60 PETER ]. orLEr.
To which the following response wa
sent;
Send your doctor; he is needed Y i.a
The Howard Association furnished nul
ses to-day to Mrs. Chas. Krey, Frank HUI
pert, sam. Workman, \. A. Barnard, Mr
J. A. Auer, F. n. Cogswell and ]. w. y
Brown, all OF whom are new cases.
Among the deaths that have 6ccurre
since noon are J. r. Stanley, Miss JIM
Morrow, A. W. Taylor, Miss Jennie Moi
row. Mrs. A. Cariine, Katie Carilne an
D. s. Taylor.
F. ". Ludlow, a volunteer from Ne'
York City, is in critical condition, an
], Levin, Of Chicago, has recovered.
DR., T. E. Williams was sent to Ge
mantown in response to an appeal K
physicians. -..., 49,
twenty-five physicians Of the Howar
medical corps report Jos new cases.
Morris Pritchari, a volunteer physical
| from Virginia City, New, was stricken 3
night. < slight rain is falling.
CAIRO. HE
Curo, October 5.-The situation is b
coming more critical, aud should Il
weather remain warm for ateW days NOR ne
and present indications continue, it will
yery bad indeed Agreat many susPtcio'
new cases were reported last nightall ov
the city above Eleventh street to abo