The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-10-10

the Chicago New Orleans road. He re-
ports five deaths in one day and eight new
cases. His brother, the telegraph operator
was one of the dead. Another operator,
taking his place, is also down. The How.
ards have had doctor and nurses upon the
ground, but all are reported worn out. The
telegraph company sends up the third oper-
ator and nurse of their own tonight. The
people are reported as well nigh frightened
TO death. They are fleeing in every direc-
ton.
Prof. E. L. Lloyd Howard, of Baltimore,
has accepted the position of third member
and Secretary of the Commission to inyesti.
gate the yellow fever epidemic. The Com
mission, as organized, consists of DIR. s. NJ.
Bemiss, of New Orleans; DIR. Jerome Coch-
ran, of Mobile; and Prof. E. Lloyd How
ard, otBaltimore. The last named member
is President of the Maryland State Board
of Health.
On the I'd of October the reports showed
an increase of the disease at New Orleans.
The entire district of Carrollton, a suburb,
was infected. Hope has been deferred till
the blessing of frost arrives.
At Baton Rouge the fever, on the
I'd, was increasing at rapid rate.
There were over four hundred new
cases in the past five days. Nothing was
doing except attending the sick and dis
tressed. The fever was increasing at
Plaquemine and Fort Hickey. There was
a steady record of mortality and suffering at
Memphis, and great number of smaller
places in extreme distress.
DIR. Long, of Louisville, having, at the
direction of the Surgeon General of the
Marine Hospital Service, made a thorough
investigation into the causes, nature and
extent of the yellow fever at Ga lipolis,
Ohio, is preparing his report thereon, which
will be laid before the Yellow Fever Com
mission for digestion, in connection with
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sequently transmitted to Congress.
A letter from Chattanooga, dated the 18th,
says: People continue to leave the city.
Government tents have been ordered here
from Jacksonville, and on their arrival a
camp will be established and families in the
infected districts moved. The city authori-
| ties have decided to employ 125 men daily
on the public works, to relieve distress.
| A Commercial correspondent writes from
| New Orleans, October 4: The recrudescence
of the epidemic has been very marked to-
day. The Howards report nearly four hun
dred cases, in addition to the two hundred
recorded by the Board of Health. The in
crease is mainly confined to hitherto unin-
| fected districts, however, and to those who
have recently returned to the city. Of the
latter, the majority have been seized within
| twenty-four hours from their arrival. To
| inquiries from abroad concerning the date
| when it will be absolutely safe to come
| hither, the majority answers November
| Is. The general mortality among those
who have remained here all summer is now
hardly eight per cent, but among those re-
turning to the city it ranges from twenty
five to fifty per cent.
From Louisville, October A: The greatest
success has attended the treatment of the
imported cases of yellow fever in the hos
pitfalls especially provided fol the sick
Southerners by Louisville. During the
| Iaa, i ,lal
| decrease in the number of imported cases
of yellow fever, and such quick recovery
among those suffering, that one hospital
has been closed and all the nurses that are
necessary, paid of and sent South. OF the
very large number once here, only three
cases remain, the majority having recov-
cred. Notwithstanding an occasional case
of malarial fever, the health of the city
continues exceptionally good, the mortal
ity being less than during the correspond
| ing week for FIVE years.
! From New Orleans, October 6, we obtain
the following: 1t is hoped that to-day marked
| the climax in the recrudescence of the
| epidemic. In the Creole d; ;stricts it is rag
ing with fury unprecedented in any cpl
demic since 1853. The large number OF
deaths reported by Creole doctors as from
Pernicious, continued and congestive fevers
should be added to the death list of yellow
fever, since it is well known fact that dur.
ing an eplU6Inlc cases OF pure Inalarlal IeVer
are very rare, and Creole doctors never re-
port natives as dying with yellow fever.
Yesterday and to-day the true number OF
yellow fever deaths was nearer eighty than
sixty. There is every indication of ap.
preaching cold, and this gives renewed
courage to the people. If signs fail, and
the heat continues, one thousand more
deaths will certainly occur.
Cairo, Illinois, October 6, reports as fol.
lows: Four deaths to-day, and two will oc.
cur tonight, from fever. Only one or two
new doubtful cases reported. The people
are stampeding again. The fever is scat
tered over a broad section between Thir.
teenth and Twenty-seventh-streets 1t is the
genuine black vomit. The Board of Health
will renew its efforts to thoroughly disin-
feet the city, and if possible stamp out the
| disease.
The reports. on the 9th, are discourging
from all quarters. The disease is increas.
ing, and distress more widespread.