The Portland daily press., 1878-08-19
YELLOW FLYER.
Alarming Spread of the Disease.
Report o. New Cases from Various
Localities.
A Terrible Death Rate.
The Situation at MIemphis.

functionary does not feel at liberty to assume
responsibility. Great suffering prevails and
much restitution. For ten miles around the
city, the hills are dotted with camps. The
exodus will continue until the whites are all
out of the city. The Board of Health are con-
fdent that they can drive the fever out
effecually by removing the whites from the
infested districts, and this course will be pur-
sued as soon as the government tents arrive.
Twenty-thre new cases and nine deaths were
reported today.
Midnight-The weather today has been
clear aud warm. For "a hours, ending at
O'Clock this evening, IL new cases OF fever
have been reported, and IL deaths. Total
cases at present about one-third are con-
valescent. A citizens relief committee has
selected point near Norcorrah station, about
four miles south eff the city, where camp is to
arrive, to which poor people from the infected
district will be removed. In view of the fact
that the INDECENT poor will have to be supported
the committee to day adopted resolution
requesting contributions from absent Mem
phisians. OF % cases reported up to noon, IL
were new and IL old cases.
Fears are expressed that thieves will plumber
Memphis while it is deserted. The Nashville
council on Monday will order quarantine
againt the infected cities.
measures against Memphis, Grenada, New
Orleans an other yellow fever cities.
A heavy rain storm Saturday night washed
the streets of Petersburg quite clear. num-
Der of refugees from Memphis have rived
there.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 1S-The outlook is reported
more encouraging, there bsiag only nine new
cases reported for the "a hours ending at o. m.
although theirs is slight increase in the death
rate the deaths numbering Is The decrease
in the number Of new cases doubtless is owing
to the fact that thers is little material left 10
infected district for the fever to work on. All
who were able have moved out
1t is expected that the work of moving the
others to Camp Joe Williams, south of this
city, will commence tomorrow 1000 army tents
for their accommodation having arrived today
At meeting of the citizens relief committee
today 1t was represented that Peter Mitchell,
owner of the land upon which 1t is proposed to
locate the encampment, and another man
named Hogerty were melting the negroes In the
vicinity to oppose the pitching of the tents
subcommittee appointed to proceed to the spot
reported that few whites and about 40 negroes
assembled at the camp ground aud expressed a
camp with force. Accordingly two companies
of militia were called upon by the committee
and about dark proceeded by rail to the spot
selected, with instructions to pitch the tents
and make other preparations. The citizens
committee also empowered the chief of police
to employ 20 policemen at the expense of the
committee to help patrol the city aud prevent
the plumber OF closed stores and residences.
many pcTSOuS are u6prlV6u OF means OF sup
port and applications have already been made
| to the committee for food.
MEMPHIS, Tenn Aug Is "A special from
Grenada tonight says that there have been Is
deaths to date There are 100 sick at present.
People are dying today without attendance.
Relief is greatly needed.
The Situation in Grenada.
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. 1.-THE scenes in
this plague stricken town for the past "a hours
beggar description. The strongest men and
women and helpless children are sick, dying or
Dead. 1t Is pitiful to see entire families pros
trated and swept away in few hours. The
official death list Of the past six hours is seven
teen. The population has decreased to little
over 200 whites. There are but few new cases,
for there Is no material to work on. The
deaths are all old cases. A freedman and his
wife from New Orleans, on the way to New
York, were put off the train this morning.
Both were cases of well developed yellow fever
A Louisville special says that General
Whitehall and 30 others left Grenada and
have arrived there. They report that only
saloon keeper, the doctor and the undertaken.
The public panic there was fIightful, the
disease attacking all classes alike Most OF the
people have fled to the country, leaving their
houses open without regard to property. The
extreme sickness is due to the neglect of
streets and bad sewerage.
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. IS.
The death list the last "a hours has decreased
to s, being less than the previous "a hours.
There were only new cases, simply for lack of
material. One week ago this town contained
$4,000 white Inhabitants aud now the popula-
ton is reduced by flight and death to 200 with
only from 30 to 40 we'll ones Total deaths to
10 o'clock Saturday night were 63.
New YORK. Aug. 17.-Ovor $11O0 was re-
ceiyed today as subscription for yello fever
sufferers in GIenada and Memphis
One Death in Mobile, Ala.
Ala An 17-Ono froo
yellow fever was reported yesterday, that of
coored woman, who, it is reported, had been
on an excursion to Biloxi, Miss, July 24th.
The Disease Spreading Rapidly in .VicRs-
burg.
y, vIcKsBuRs, Miss, Aug, 15:.Yelow fever
first death occurred Aug 18th. Advices to
noon today report the outbreak of the disease
near the river front within the last fifteen
hours, from whence it is spreading rapidly.
VIcKsBURG, Miss, Aug. 1S-The Health
Officer reports 48 cases of fever under treat
ment at o'clock last night. New cases today
Is to 20. There were no deaths today.
Yellow Jack aad SMALLPOX in Hav1na.
HAVANA, Aug. 17.-NinetS -aipe deaths from
yellow fever and nine from smallpox are
reported during the week ending Aug. 10th.
Quarantine Regulations at Cairo, Ill
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aus. 17.-No peIsons is allowed
to enter this city from the South. The patrol
and every precaution is being taken to protect
the place from the contagion. There is no
semblance of a case here yet. The mails
arrive and are sent regularly.
Piit,burg Projecting Herself.
PITTS BURG, Aug. 1.-THE board of health
Of Pittsburg have decided to quarantine all
boats and trains arriving from the South and
West. Physicians win be stationed at Duns
Island, seven miles below the city.
Surgeon General Barns Opinion of the
Spreading of the scourge.
WASHINGTON, Aug. II. = Surgeon General
Barns OF the army says that he does not think
that yellow fever will extend to Northern
served. Neither does he think there is any
danger of its reaching Washington. He
thinks that the yellow fever will be conf ned to
the Mississippi Valley. He has seen no in
dications yet at Savannah, and thinks, there
fore, that the Eastern seaboard will escape
He has not heard of any cases amoug the
soldiers yet. He has given the Postmaster
General directions how the mails can safely be
matter to heat test of 1926 degrees as the only
safe means of distinction. General Barnes
says that as the fever gets further North
it will become less and less malignant.
Two Gases in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 17.-In this city, since the
last report, young woman, living ia houee
where baggage believed to be from New Or
leans was stored, died from fever resembling
yellow fever. Another case of fever Of similar
character has since developed in the same
neighborhood. Several people from New Or
leans and Port Esks have sickened or died of
yellow fever on their journey Northward
There has been one case at Covington, KY,
one at Carlo and three deaths at ST. Louis.
General Alarm ON the Texas Coast.
ORANGE, Tex, Aug. 17.--Rumors from Lake
Charles are to the effect that the fever has
made its appearance there. The alarm is
spreading on the Texas coast generally, and
thousands will flee upon the first appearance of
the disease. ALI persons from Louisiana are
refused admittance into Texas unless they show
clean passports.
Excitement in New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-This morning the
neighborhood Of FIfty-third street and Tenth
avenue was all excitement on account of the
published reports that a genuine case of yellow
fever was in their midst. William Reilly, the
horse sheer, who recently returned from New
Orleans, and who, some of the doctors say is
afflicted with the dread disease, was sent at
noon today to the hospital at quarantine. AS
soon as he had been taken away the house was
thoroughly disnfected by the burning of sui
phur. The fact is that Reilly was removed to
the hospital more as precautionary measure
than anything else, as several physicians who
have investigated the case disagree, not as to