The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-04
NEW SERIES---NO. 1876
NEW PHYSICIANS.

'cSnlcu Itlc ny Its. late, collins, Turk
and Wilder; St. Louis by DR.. p. o. Nj
gent, who is accompanied by Sisters Ger
trude, Marguerite, Mary Stanislaus and
Vincent of st. Mary's Catholic church. DR..
Nugent has been assigned to duty at La
sallette academy, where there are
thirteen sisters down with the fever.
DIS, McKim and Emanuel are al
50 here from ST. Louis DIR. r. r.
Hunter, of Kansas City is also here. All
the physicians held a consultation tonight
and agreed upon plan for further opera
tons. New cases reported to-day, "a;
deaths, 3d. n. D.'Menken, of Menkcn
Bros died to-day Chief Athy of the po-
lice was quite low this morning, but has
improved little tonight.
A special to theappeal from Holly Springs,
Miss, announces 80 cases there and panic
among the citizens.
The Appeal has but two compositors on
to-night-all sick with fever. The Avail
anche force is also reduced and but one ed
itor on duty to-day. DR.. Wise, reported
sick yesterday, is resting we'll tonight
NAV ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 2.--Wcather clear
and warm. Deaths yesterday include 20
children under years and to-day 49,
Weather cloudy this afternoon and
threatening rain. From noon to 6 p. m. 80
deaths were reported to the board of
health. Total deaths from fever to date,
1901, including 4G1 Children under eleven
years Of age. The new cases include VIII
lis X. Woolf Of the telegraph office and J.
NJ. Walpole, formerly Of the Picayune
Very Rev. Joseph Millet, vcar-general OF
the archdiocese of New Orleans, died of
yellow fever at o'clock this evening, after
six days illness.
DR.. Stone this afternoon tclegraphcd the
Towards from Grenada, saying: Butler
p. Anderson is dying" Dr. Stone appealed
TO tn, Towards to send a telegraph operator.
Their wishes being made known to Mr. j.
W. Hunsaker, he at once consented to go to
Grenada, and left on the evening train on a
few minutes notice, greatly obliging the
Towards.
The Towards report large increase Of
cases among the negroes. One member of
the visiting committee reports on his list
nine negroes in one house on Constance
street and six in one house on Theresa street
The Towards report PAS applications for re-
lief to-day. The Peabody Relief associa-
ton are getting well under way. They to-
day filled 800 acquisitions for mtons.
The Young Mems Christian association re
lief committee are doing noble work To
date they have attended TO the wants of sol
fever patients, and to-day in response to a
request Of the Peabody association issued
90 acquisitions for rations, the members
visiting the homes of the applicants and
satisfying themselves of their wants. The
weekly mortuary report, ending Sunday
pm, shows 500 deaths, A from yellow
fever. Deaths from fever, 39l whites and
! 90 colored.
! vICKsBURG.
VIcKsDvEG, Sept. Am appeal is made
to Israelites throughout the country for as
sistance to their sick and destitute country
men here. The distress is very great Re
mltances should be made to Alex. Kuhn,
treasurer Hebrew Relief society, Vicksburg,
| Miss. The Howard association estimates
between 1900 and 1000 sick and increasing
rapidly. Eight physicians report 10 new
cases, and estimate over 200 new cases to-
day. Deaths, IA whites and 4 blacks,
among them Joseph +. Call, merchant, re-
| Gently elected mayor; Chas. p. Nathan,
icwelcr, and J. W. Jolley. DR.. Whitehcad's
condition is very critical, but hopes are en-
tcrtained Of his recovery.
Thirty cases Of fever reported at Green
Vile, Miss; five deaths and disease spread
Ing rapidly.
GRENADA
GRENADA, Sept Six death, whites
and three colored. Eight new cases to-
day. The whites were Col Butler p. An
derson Of the Memphis Towards, Postmas-
ter Cole and young man, name unknown
Andersons remains leaves here at mid
night on special train for Memphis. Like
nearly all the other cases, he was getting
along nicely until very short time before
| his death.
| PORT GIBSON.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 2.-The following
dispatch is Just received from Port Gibson.
Miss. -Four hundred cases; tltty-tvc
deaths out offve hundred and fifty persons
remaining in town, About twelve hun
drcd have fled Distress is very great. The
sick are dying with no one to give them a
drink ofwater'
Some nurses are on the way from New
Orleans and Chicago, Help and funds
needed.