The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-14
THE sCOURGE or THE SOUTH.
The AIR Far Out OF Memphis ImpreGnated
with the PoIson OF Yellow Fever.

MEMPHIS, Sept 13.-It was cool last night,
but this morning the sun shone out warm again.
There is no decrease in the death rate. The
undortakers report 80 cases of death up TO noon
to-day. and ll3 since noon yesterday. There
is great difficulty in arriving at the number OF
new cases. as the physicians are negligent
about making their reports. The opinion pre-
walls with some physicians that since the late
cool weather there will bu fewer new cases. and
the attacks not 80 violent.
All the undertakers but one reported to- night.
tho total number OF cases Of deaths reported
being ninety-thrcc OF which forty-four were
colored persons. The resident physicians re-
port twenty-nine now cases to the Bonrd OF
| Health The report OF the medical corps of the
Howard Association will not be made up until
midnight Yesterday the Howard physicians
reported 203 new cases.
The disease is assuming mder form. and
yields moro readily to treatment. which Is Mt
| tributcd to tho recent cool weather. Four more
| Howard physicians have foyer. VIZ. DR.. Bond
| OF Brownsville. DR.. Armstrong Of this
city. DR.. McGregor of Upton County.
Tenn. and DR. Mences Of Nashville. Dr. =. II.
| Clarke and wife are sick. also v. H. Thompson
| Of Washington. and the Hey. MIR. Schuyler. an
| Episcopal minister from Hoboken. y, j. Capt.
! VIM. Miller died to-day, also II. NJ. Goewcy.
| telegraph operator from Pittsburgh and Major
| W. q. Stephenson, the oldest printer in Mem
phis, who is the tenth member OF the Typo
| graphical Union that has died. Eigh, more arc
| down and five are cOnvaescent. Six non Union
/ printers have died.
4 meeting Of tho. mcmbers Of the Citizens Re-
| lief Committee and the Howard Association was
| held at tho Peabody Hotel this afternoon. which
was presided over 10y J. NJ. Heating of tho
! Appedi. 1t was resolved to issue no more ra-
| tiOus to well persons. except those in camp.
| with view TO compel people TO leave the city
| II was also. resolved 10 telegraph TO New
Orleans for forty young. active ,acchmated
! business men to assist the Towards. as their
clerical force has been much reduced by fever.
| G. p. Huntington. President Of the southern
| Pacific Railroad, has sent, through the Hon.
| II. Casey Young n personal donation OF $1,000
! for the relief Of the sick and needy
Brownsville to-day reports four cases Of death
Twenty i've physicians Of the Towards mod
| drug stores being all closed except two. DR..
Mitchell. Medical Director. has ordered the
| necessary drugs from 81. Louis. and will open
| dispensary The weather is cool.
NEW ORLEANS Sept 13.-The weather is clear
and cool. Last night the thermometer regis
| tered 81. To-dqy's reports show 22S new cases
| and 81 cases Of deaths.
The weather il clear and cool. The signal
| service reports the minimum indication Of tho
thermometer last night to he g. Prvate in
| From noon To- 6 T. NJ the dcnth OF twenty eight
| eases reported up To- noon to-day were eighty.
dating from the 25th Of August TO the 9th INST.
who gives no dates. &. W Carr the operator,
| who went to Nieksbure from -. LOUIS died
| this morning Of fever. Bishop Elder is reported
! out ot danger.
Tho towards have received the following
from Terry; Miss: We have fever II Dry
Groyc closely resembling yellow fever. Il can
not be- distinguished. Please send us n doctor
Immediately Our doctors are sick
| Ten nurses Will he sont tomorrow to Grand
| Junction and ten H. Holly SPRING. Or. Warren
| Stone will go 10 Terry tomorrow 20 inVcsti-
gate the cases Of foyer there. and will then pro-
Mr.; Isaac \. stqgtcmeyer Of the Times. who
hns been down with the fever several days
ntendent Of the Chalmette, National Cemetery
native OF New York aged ~. late Captain OF
died at Chalmette to-day of yellow fever. He
will be buried Tomorrow by the Grand Army Of
The Rev. Marx Moses formerly Of tho Jack
| son Street Hebrew ConEr cation. now nj Provi-
dence. Il, J., lost nlmosl hs whole, family resld-
Samuel Moses on sunday. and Matilda Moses
on Thursday. Only one child IS lett which Is
HOLLY srRINGs. Miss. Sept l3.-Two doctors
| are sick to-day, and tho noble ones left are
worked down. We need three more good ones.
arrested here. charged with malpractice. 1t is
helicyed he IS not ,dQ,tor. The following Is
Lane. colored; l. W. Cpsham. Scott Epps col,
ored. Twrnty-hyc new cases ara reported.
| WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.-Dr. Vim. I. Ramsey
one Of the physicians VINO went to Memphis
| with the corps of Washington nurses has re-
turned n company with DR.. T. I. Pcasc and
| ing Memphs-even when ilvo miles out-thc
| mir was laden with tho yellow fever poison aud
| rs we approached the CITY the stencil was ahso-
| lutcy slckenina. DR.. pnase and myself went to
| the Peabody Hotel the only one now open and
were shown into room from which a dead
| body had Just been removed. Vessels Of black
| yomit were standing about the room and tho
| bed clothes had not been changed. Tho hotel
Itself Is perfect pest house. and victims Of the
| disease are in two-ihrds of tho rooms. Sui
| phur pans arc kept burning in the halls
| and the clothes. bedding. 6r.. are constantly
dsiniected. but they cannot get heln enough in
| the hotel to do one-haf Of whit ought
TO be done. Al commerce has ee9sed.
and business Of nearly every kind is
| tempt any regular business and could not If
| they would. Even the liquor saloons. for the
| most part. are closed and the provision stores.
as n rule, are empty Provisions clothing. ply
| slcians money. nurses. and medicines are the
things most needed ahout.in the order named.
| CANTON. Miss. Sept. ll.-Our worst fears
| have been realized. Tho cold winds and heavy
atmosphere Of the past two days have had a
most disastrous effect. The now cases for the
| were four. Our doctors. Semmcs. Cage, and
| Pricstley assisted 10y DR.. Lyons Of New Or
| leans. are hurrying from house to hoyel. and
| our nurses tower go in numbcrl have more than
| they can manage.
| the past 81 hours 90 or 60 viii be reported this
morning. and OF death three. Father Laval
! Catholic priest and Phillip" Machet. Esq. Vice
| Consul from France, are down sick both hav-
| ink been stricken AT their post If duty among
| the sick. The weather continues cold, but no
frost Iron JAsTHERrMsKl. Mayor.
| here and ia the surrounding country last
night. and the temperature l. favorable for
| tensions may have prevailed anywhere as 10
| the yellow fever being or coming here may be
| dismissed with absolute confidence, for the re-
cent renarkablc change n the weather has
rendered II utterly impossible for the disease
| to exist In this city. The Merchants Exchange
| relief fund now amounts 10 s3l 400: collected
| from other sources 1880; total. $1,000.
heating ms WTFE TO DEATH