Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-16
Develops Only IL New Cases this
MOrniDg-Only 8 Deaths in
IWenty-fOur Hours.
Quarantine Abolished by the Board
Of Health-ActIOn Of the C~itizens'
Mass Meeting at the Green.
law Opera House.
City Hospital Receiving Yellow Fs-
yer Patients-The Panic Con-
tinueS Among the People
Of Memphis.

permanently closed their stores AMI
shipped their goods. They will not re
turn to resume business here. We hop,
after the yellow fever the second sobeI
thought will induce these merchants Il
come back to Memphis and resume bust
ness. Yellow fever is one of the Incl
dents Of life here, aud so are other dis
eases at other points. The city govern
ment has secured quarters in the Plant
ers' Insurance building, on Madison
street, between Main aud Second. Til,
courts are all closed. The United StatsI
courts have secured quarters at Bartlett
General R. F. Patterson has removed
the United States internal revenus ofic,
to Brownsville. The infected districI
seems almost entirely deserted. All thu
stores down on Poplar street are closed
The street cars and people generally
pass to aud fro through the infected dis
trict. 1t is a remarkable fact that the
panic stricken citizens have lost all
sense Of judgment and prudence in re-
gard to caution and avoidance of the
disease.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The board of health net al 10 o'clock
this morning.
Dr.. Erskine stated that be had been
unable to furnish the chief of police with
more than one gallon Of carbolic acid.
Mayor Flippin said be had a satisfac.
tory consultation with the Towards and
that they agreed to send nurses and pay
the same.
The board passed the following:
Resolved, That undertakers must bury
ell persons reported to them as having
died Of any infections or contagious dis.
ease within six hours after said report, g
failure to comply with this order sub.
%jecting them to arrest and fine; provided,
such report is made between the hours
Of 6 a m and 2 pm.
DR.. Erskine reported that he had ex.
amined Mr.. Thomas Risk, down on Main
street, and that he has no yellow fever.
He had Miss Clarke removed from No.
4O4 Main street to the City Hospital and
the place disinfected.
DR.. Erskine, the health officer, report.
ed that yesterday Tim Foley drew a pis.
tol and interfered with the work OF one
of his sanitary sergeauts who went to
~disiufect the premises at No. - Main
street. Foley upset the oarbolic acid
and ran the sergeant away. he had re.
ported the same TO the police, but that
the man Foley was not arrested and still
at large.
Chief Athy stated that be sent Ser.
geant McElroy to the place and it was
ascertained hat both Foley and the sapi.
tary officers we're under the influence OF
liquor. Sergeant McElroy deprived
Foley Of his pistol, which he found to be
empty.
The board passed an order 10 have
Foley arrested on a warrant.
DR.. Erskine moved hat quarantine
be abolished, as the disease was pretty
generally scattered throughout the city.
Chief Athy insisted upon one thousand
men, if necessary. to enforce the personal
quarantine against the infected district.
. Mayor Flippin insisted upon main.
tanning quarantine.
DR.. Brown opposed the continuance Of
quarantine.
DR.. Saunders opposed personal quar-
antine or combining persons within the
infected district. He favored the propo.
sition to establish camps for the poor
people. If they could emoye the poor
people from the infected district and
disinfect it entirely he predicted there
would be q short continuance of th,
yellow fever here. he would like to 50,
the question Of quarantine and disiniec
ton tested, but he believed it would b,
the part Of wisdom to abolish quaran
tine.
WEa
Mayor Flippin stated that be favored
the removal Of the people in the disiu
fected district, but did not want to Sc,
them removed to a %populous part Of thu
city not now affected with the fever.
Dr. Erskine said he wanted to make
all get out Of the infected district ant
taken care Of in tents and camps.
After discussion the board agreed L
raise the quarantine.
Mayor Flippin read a telegram inform
ing him that Msyersvills, Mississippi
had ~quarantined against New Orleans
Vicksburg, Memphis, Grssnville. Skip
with, Homo, Chico and Wilderness land
ings. The telegram was signed by P. @
Aston, mayor.
DR.. Saunders stated that Mr.. Clark
who died at No. 30 Main street, an
Mrs. ReDkhardt, who died last night o.
Alabama street, had not been buried.
MEETING OF CITIZENS
There was o large meeting Of citizen
at the Greenlaw Opera House this morn
ing, Colonel Butler P. Anderson bsin.
made chairman and Rev. Dr.. Landruu
secretary, with the reporters as assist
, ants.
The meeting was opened With earnes
} prayer by Rev. DR.. Landrum.
The attendance was quite large, thI
colored people being well represented.
A number Of resolutions we're pre-
sented, but we're Withdrawn