Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-15
Develops Thirty.FOu New Cases
and Causes Six Deaths in
the Past "a HOurs-All
Within the Infected
p aas4d i. District.
The Board of Health Warns Citi-
zens and Guarantees the Dis
triCt North of JetRer.
son Street.
General Panic AmOrg the Citizens,
VINO Flee in Every lrtcti9n-
Tents and RatlOns Asked
from the U. s. Govern.
ment - The Real
Facts.

ID I l|f 1914. hH4HN
IlIngD -
The yellow fever excitement in this
city continues and is most intense.
There is no abatement Of the alarm on
the part Of the people. The streets are
.thronged and the railroad Offices crowded
with people making arrangements to
leave the city. Such excitement was
never before seen in Memphis, the panic
of 1873 being Insignificant. Business
houses in different parts Of the city are
being closed early in the afternoon, and
are not opened until late in the morning,
The banks give notice that they will not
open till IL o'clock in the morning, and
will close at two in the afternoon.
Several hotels have already closed
Gaston's Hotel will close this evening,
and not be reopened until the disap.
pearance or abatement Of the yellow
fever. All persons able to leave the city
are going. A large number of persons
have already left, and
THE EXODUS
continues and will continue. The trains
on the Louisville, Little Rock, Charles
ton and Mississippi railroads are jammed
with panic-stricken men, women and
children. Many go far north, but many
have no idea where they will land, for all
towns around the country have already
Guaranteed or are about to quarantine
against Memphis. This fact helps to in.
crease the alarm here, IL such a thing be
possible, and but adds to the consterua
ton. The houses in the outskirts of th'
city are in great demand, furniture anC
express wagons being used for conveying
household effects and families from thei
homes in the city. The decentralization
of the people is most l~amentable, but i
is useless to attempt to calm them. De
spite the panic, our citizens are exer
. cising a most wonderful negligence ii
many respects.
THE INFECTED DISTRICT,
according to the opinion of the boar
of health, extends from Jefferson stree
/. along the river to the north Of the city
4 and east out to High. The board o
health requests US to state that the put
lie should have as little intercourse a
l possible with the infected district, am
that all citizens Of said district who il
} tend leaving the city, to do 80 at ono
Uoless this request Of the board be II
garded it will be impossible to keep III
disease within its present hounds. Tb
infected district will be strictly quaral
tined aud thoroughly disiniectet
Stteet.sprinklers containing cerboli
acid are kept at work both day an
night in the infected district.
A SAD SPECTACLE.
At No. l69 Poplar sire ct there is
great deal Of disease, aud this mornir
there was a sad sight there. In OF
room could be seen a naked child, yello
I as gold. with its lips and face staine
"a with the black vomit. Oh the sofa WI
the mother, helpless and %unconsciol
with the fever. Near by, on the foo
was the dead father, The mar died la
10 night, and at ten o'clock no one be
been there to remove the corpses or
administer relief and aid to the %sufferir
mother and child.
THE TRUE CONDITION
B. of affairs here ia such as to excite &c
J." eral regret aud fill our people with Il
gravest concern There is a need
oarbolic acid, and there is a greater ne
of its being used, Every room, Blu.
ness office, store.house, street, all
and yard and basement in Mel
phis should be thoroughly disinfecte
'vs II Is much TO be regretted that peor
.oa here have shown such on entire absen
in Of prudence aud judgment in avoid
w. the infected district. 1t is a subject
% wonder in this connection that the
should be such q general panic q
puerile fear. While all must, OF Oopri
know that danger of the most ssric
character is upon rs, yet why th'
q should be such a ruinous panic combin
ia with a perfect indifference aud absen
yed of any effort to avoid contact with
VA disease, is q mystery that We can
solve. Already there is evidence OF /
fe.ing, want aud fearful death
not AMONG THE POOR PEOPLE,
for whom there has been no provisl
made despite the action Of the citiz'
in ralOiug money, the earnest aud trr
in full publications by The city press,
. Of the brave doings of thu board OF hea
sing But little organiz2tion exists here,
. to- we DO not know what is to ensue. d
ever, the beard Of Health has determil
fter. to eight the disease where it now star
the aud If properly seconded, we bell
an their tf lrts may prove successful.
nily this connection we are glad to h
that there will b an effort made to b
ook. A MEETING OF PHYSICIANS
,ain, tonight at DIT. Frsysers residence,
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