The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-28
LOUISVILLE NOT STRICKEN.
THE HEfLTH BOARD'S Ry'FUT'h TTON OF
THE MAGNIETED RUMORS.
what Fever there was Entirely Disappear
ing-No Ncw Gaze Since Monday I.nst-Yei-
low reXer Kennrl. from, Othnr Larue GitIe..


neighborhool-Maplrs street. near tho passen-
ger depot Of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road. by which tho refugees who canO here
were transferred. II wns not formally an
nounccd by the authorities that the cases al-
ludcd to wcre genuine cases Of yellow fever.
A story was circulated. which was mngnihed
Mt every telling. until. when 1t reached
Cincinnati. the good people there were
frightened into believing that this city had
been taken possession Of by the plague. Hence
the rumors tclcgraphod over tho country.
Every ono here fecls perfectly secure now. but
that all were alarmed several days ago il sure.
The rumor was started on Tuesday last. We'd
nesdny and yesterday were peculiarly adapted
to tho spread Of tho disease Tuesday night
was very foggy for this climate and on Wcdnes-
day night there was n warm rain. These con-
dtions. all favorable to tho generation and
spread ot The plague. made the pe0ple feel that
If the disease attained to an epidemic form 1t
would do SO ~ once Instead Of spreading ii
hns entirely disappeared and III" published
statement the Board of Health shows that not
ior many ycars during u ,c,rrespopdlng period
as n now Is. The following is the.stat"mcnt OF
the Board " Health. addressed to the people Of
the United States:
Ruror. of nature highly exciting and nrcudici.i to
our city having sprcnd all over tue country A. 10 yellow
We dcDin n our ln to aunouncr In tie most emphatic
manncr tnat such statements rre ai-c and unchnsuan
attempts 70 iwnrr commercials. pconlc who have
,nsi To- do thcir iG an,N to .uT '9.rns S,S,hStn
o Louisville. nnd with CONSCIENTIOUS sense II the
Snit her, MA, h.y been ycgal ,n.1,ncr. % y.iow
lever o An tnigcnous charngi"r even upon tls there
most prominent and able nh, ans Aor has there been
We have nlrcady had SEVERAL uosts and with city
In never So exceptionally heaity condition. ~ have no
n", ben nor ~ ,Sers now sf spSe,nir i sv cnrsrisr
au oa @ !. dc. HAS% Cf the week sados " odsS ''f *
period q s. year ,h,re we're o. and !or The same ~esk
south, dii 50 wiih M, CONSEQUENCES 4 ile danger
most Christian and humane. hH. praltd and shan con
unuc 70 lray to merciiu Go Tor lis further hengnant
MEMPHIS Sept. 27.-It s growing warm
again. ana the foyer continues to sprend.
Scarcely an hour passes hut some well-known
| citizens are reported inken down. and as they
fall, owing to thr malignity ~ the disease. fears
are entertained thRt they will succumh TO the
| monster in our midst. This forenoon W. ".
! Thatcher. Cashier of the First National Bank.
| j. down with the fever also j. q. I.nnaiale Sr
| Treasurer 81 the Howard Association. J. r.
! Dale n volunteer physician from ArkadnlDha
! Ark. was stricken late last night From ycstrr-
! cases ~ death. ~ OF which were reported this
| morning. Among those who have died since
river steward: r. j. Moore. n nurse from New
Orleans; sally Slater. uged Is, daughter of the
a, hyi r. e. slater, & and tn, Roy hsy lJi M9oney 1
!he gesth ' oi tfS & Rev. Father McSamsra nara Dr.. Ss
| Paul Otey's condition is critical.
| rwenty-one physicians of the Howard medi-
cal corps report III now cases. The condition
Of W. W. That 'her. cnshier vi the First National
| Bunk, VINO WIS stricken this morning. is criti-
| cal. Dr. W. +. Rogers is slowly conValesclng.
| rison * Humes's drug store was taken down
| tonight. j. Cummins. correspondent OF the
Kansas CITY Tones. died tonight. ~
a.
four ,cases,of death from yellow fever to-day
| w. Kate Warren; Shlie Farmer, child OF Il.
| II. Shnhelds. and Caroline Barker tcolorrd }
| uhere wer" ten new cnscs W. Mrs. Patrick
hbaiSHnfy: ;bat! n Mrs.: Iiene Hany ngnrS BpIEG Nat
| VIM. Rose Robert Mclntesh ami II Mr.. Single
| ton anc daughter H. +, Rngsdae. agont of the
Ea-, Tennessee Railroad. was taken down with
the fever yesterday his wife was also buried
Yesterday. Tho weather continues warm and
| uniavorable. but tue fever is not spreading out
| side the infected district
! BrowNsylLLE. Tenn. sept 27,-we hope for
better times that como not. There are eight
| new raSrs to-day and four cases of death Dr.,
| and F. Pleit2 are also dead. Tony kndal and
! several other patients Will die tonight Or.
Is improving. VI. " Holbrook agent of the
! southern Express Company j. reported dying
| twelve miles in the country. have 10 80 to the
VI McGntrH. Mayor.
NV ORLEANS se.pt 2I-T9-dgl' : yellow fc-
| YER reports show 81 cgsrs OF death. and l22 new
tal cases. sIt2 The cases Of death To- lay in
a.I.nde ~ children under years. Connlescents /:
| The Rev John Matthews of the Carondelet
| Street Methodist Church Col lIardir and three
| children. and two children of Col. owen. The
Colonel has lieh. rasc DR.. j. /. Taylor OF
At Bay st. Louis there have hecn 100 cases to
! date. and deaths IN the pnst "a hours.
There have been l3 cases 81 death sinre noon.
and 100 new cases reported, Il which 81 are OF
"A date prior to sept. "a. There were III cases
| reported To- the Board Of Health for the twenty
four hours ending at noon, OF which l22 were
included in the official report and 30 omitted.
they being prior t99 sSeegt = The grand total q
| Mary Ann ol the 81. Elizabeth Asylum are down
B,roN RouGr La. Sept. PA lull Yesterday
| morning gave hope that the fever was derrcas-
M, Ihs morning however ih" situation was
down last night and this morning number 81
| cases were reported ~ bong dangerously i'll.
| The Howard books snow about l1u nurses
actually employed. As the "pldrmic progresses
increasing want and restitution develop. Wa
| cannot give any lhvnranl" nrws To-day. Our
! telegraph operators. Mrssrs. Flppen and
| Young. are doing their duty manfully. and do
serve great praise for their faithful perform
ance OF duty at this hour.
CIscINNATI. Sept. 27.-Arroriiu. 10 the latest
a ivlrrs the yellow fever has broken out at
chant, died sevrntytwo hours from the time oi
ii- appenrnnoc. His clerk died forty-eght
hours nftrr Mr.. Curtis, the depot agent. died
| yesterday with black Vumt
Mr,-Is-irPI CRY, Sent. 27.-Twelve cases and
| two cases OF death are rcpoited.
| CAN1oN, Miss, sept. 21.-Ncw cases. 10 no
| deaths. II is Thought the worst Is over.
GRENA ADA Miss, sept. 27.-1he Howards will
leave ~ n frN DAYS, - the fever has exhausted
iterii y" morn funds on provisions are needed.
! WAFER VALLEY, Miss, sept. a7.-rhcrr were
| four new eases ot yellow foyer here TODAY. The
fever is on the Increase, This afternoon a lire
| broke ont in the business part OF tho town. de-
| strCying three stores and inIurinG Two others
| and their contents. Loss abou, slJOOO.
Holly SPHINGs. Miss. Sept. 27-About 400
| people ARE oit for the yellow fever to feed upon,
| and uulte Is many more ia their beds. All the
| timo we have under estimated the magnitude
of This plague. Entire families, some oi them
| numbering eight 10 ten, nrn down with the dis
| ease. or the physicians ten have been stricken
, down. and four ui these have died. Five drug
giats hnVc gone down, and three have died. Ol
the ministers who hayc been attacked, two are
dead In the post Office. two ont OF three are
in the cemetery. Several Of the nurses
have taken It, and some have not recovered. In
almost every way the lcvcr has manifested Il
deadlmess simply appalling. To-day the mum
hor Of new cases is X and the cases Of death o.
The Relief Committee yesterday numbered only
one. Drs, Manning Of Austin. TcNas. LOUIS ol
Denison. Texas. and FennelS of this place have
died. Drs. Segur Of Louisiana, and Sheldon OF
the Can't Get Away Club of Mobile; Drs. Mchic
Daniels. Dancv and West OF this place have had
fever, and are all cOnValescent.
M "