The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-12
THE PLAGUE-sTRICKEN soUTH.
No Decrease In the Death Rate nor In the
Number OF New Cases.

MEMPHIS Sept. 1.-THE weather is clear
but cool Two undcrtakers report 4G cases of
death up to noon. Among the dead are ID. De-
vote. Mrs. Dogray Bennett Martin Eyko. Isaac
Leopold. and +. W. Register. Jr. Herbert L.
Landrum city editor OF the Avalanche. is re-
ported dying HIS mother Is now down with
the fever. John O. Lonsdale is down. and r. d.
Clarke has been appointed In his stead rs
Treasurer OF tho Citizens Relief Committee.
Mr.. Knowlton. acting Postmaster. having been
taken sick Mr.. W. J. Chase. one Of the bonds
men OF the late Postmaster. Thompson. this
morning took charge OF the Post ONCE and re-
| quests that no money be scnt here by Post Oflco
order. AZ the force now In the offico Is 80 small
| that nothing can be done except delivering the
mails. Only seven coffin makers are left In the
| city. A. d. Langstaff President OF the Howard
Association. has telegraphed to Richmond.
Ind. and Cincinnati for 1000 ready mado
| collins.
BATON ROUGE. La. Sept. 1l.-Some thirty
cases OF death by yellow fever have occurred to
| date. Eight new cases were reported for the
three days ending yesterday morning. At
least forty more will DO added this morning
| The Towards. by their thorough and system
attic organization. havc saved many lives that
otherwise would have been lost through neg
| lcct Attention Is promptly given to each case
as soon as reported. Our physicians are un-
firing and ms yet have not asked to be recn-
forced. The Towards now have some fifty
nurses employed. The measures adopted are
| keeping down all panic. II is evident. how
ever, that the trying ordeal is now partly before
US, but our people Will. | believe. meet IL
calmly. cold northerly wind is blowing this
NEw ORLEANS. Sept 1.-The weather to-day
| is cloudy cool. and windy. The yellow fever
reports -hoy 2j3 now cases with 90 deaths.
still northwest wind. all day. The cases OF death
reported to-day include 81 minors % being
dorc aged 10 second daughter Of the latc +. W
Barnes, and q five year-old son Of +. II. South
ChSTos. Miss. Sept. lin tho last twenty
| four hours 10 new cases and 4 cases OF death
Rs s ben Sssn Tss Ta Su dead and ar Mr. w p5
The weather IS cloudy, with some rain the
CINCINNATI. Sept ii.-Joseph Martin, who
| was Waterman on tho steamer Porter. died ut
Gallipolls. Ohio, Yesterday He was taken sick
removed from the house and the ncighbors
would not allow his wifc TO leave her home.
! Physicians will make an effort 10 bury him to-
gion over these deaths; Three new cases are
yesterday and fires Of coal tar have been
| burning the last twenty-iour hours at the ter
Mlnus o. every street opening on the river;
| travel are almost suspended:
BArQN Rou1E, La. Sept. ll.-Board q II ealth
| this morning Now cases ~ cases of death. 3.
The total cases To date foot up 291 and cases OF
.poRT GIDsoN Miss. Sept. il.-T6 Associated
Press Please tender 10 friends IN every part Of
! the country u thousand thousand thanks from
thousands Of grateful hearts for liberal dona-
u2ns. which viii be- definitely ACKNOWLEDGED
| payers are not issued at present.
lrase say toal that If remltancos - which We
nnNo nsen hHvis.i come ID hand we WI have
| enough, ana further assistan'rwil not be neces-
sary. JAMES \. CAGE.
President. Howard AssQciatop
1 A,4nf -M A ~ haa
bccn auheriz by the POST 0fiite DePar part ai
e act as ~ roftw"sisr q, Holly SPRINGS, Miss.
ani tho l.ey w. q McCrackcn is ia charge Of
'nG I'm, on,e q GrenFi MN Mi1, 10, ,.,
fcrrrs at Canton Miss More viii be sent il
MILwirkEF, SEPT ii-Mrs Charles schleys
VIZ Of 4 wreihy and pTaminent ciii2rn left
vic"s a. nurse in the fever hospitals Last
| evening her house was thronged with friends
CUro. IT,. SEPT, ii9in answer to an xious in.
Undrfonpa@@ p bys tGTs pyn r pgn ~
rortcrs. which wore reported as yellow fever,
are only BILIOUS fcver 81 the usual type Of this
part Of the Mississippi Valley They are all
eonvalescing and have had no SYMPTOMS of vol
| low fever There is no yellow fever in the
city and. with tho present cool weather, the
ieslins j. genera! that Cairo will escape yisi-
Holly srmNGs, Miss, Sept li.-Thcre is
AMI the wires 81 arc crowded We i arr blessed
with the most faithful q operators. Some time
!, win speak Of him. The names q those Who
liam Grump. Mrs, DR.. Dough sTiy,., Glenn Reed
R Ma 1ensg o%T Sn Nh 6, + LrrSE
A. aesi$s" eSG ~ NE oilr SSWg"" For +
| Father OBent, A. A. Armstrong. Chas. Schni-
der. Winfield Fetherstone, Jr., Clarissc Davis
So9,r,edls in a. Ths new cases are Fla
Lcoloredi Mrs. +. A. Willis, sam Kinibali. Il G.
rerkSins. oxprsss agent; Mr. kipball, ST.. Sis
Henry Epps (coioredl, and Daise Lucas-i2 In
all Tell those Who have helped us OF our pray
is dead no Pcst Once orders arrans eatHHr
send funds hy express nlso, now doctors. sup
plies and T GSnTmnn Of , w. Il f9tS Smn:c
GALLIPoIIs. Ohio Sept. lin tho vicinity
whcrcthc plague boat John Porter was moored.
boundary OF which ia within two miles II his
city. there are reported 10 DO from fifteen to
BEEN been seven deaths since Sunday '" morn IE
Every precaution II being tnken To prevent its
Obtaining hold in the town. 10y guarding all
points of entrance and freely using disinfec-
tantS Much excitement prevails, and cti2cns
Porter arrived hero his morning and in cHn.
sultatlon with the Board Of Health agreed 10 do
anything 10 prevent the further spread gt The
scuuc and sink the fourteen bargcs. which hra
partially llllcd with blge water brought from
steamer The temperature has fallen consid-
crnhly in tho pa-t twenty-four hours, and "a
| NllhNE n'lIll WIN IlNNhllN
MOBILE, sept little Can't. GETAWAY Club
have received today through Tho Chairman u
the City Cooperative Collecting & lmmtte ~ OOO.
which with other receipts to-day. max" the
Mobile collections for tho yellow fever sufferers
$4,000 to date. Ninety nurses and physicians
have boon scnt through tho club 20 tho infected
cities, Tho Health Oncer reports that no case
o., fever is known to him u tho city.
| NASHVILLE Sept ll.-No further cases OF
sickness are reported among the refugees here
from the South. Tho HICKMAN mail agent.
Goodwin. sick for several days. died this
morning.