Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-12
Yellow Fever.

fellow Fever.
NEv ORLEANS. OK ll.-Fo days rep orts
show Isl ne~ cas5s Of yellow f=Ser and taEtS
nine dea.hz Tie fo:tiozs - ds:e 81, 1926
css:s and 80 deaths.
BA7oS RorGg, OK ll.-F!t.y r:w CASTS
and three deaths Sioe= tie b=sioni1g Ct the
epideuic We have hsd some .0Jl sick and
a5o7: 10 d=a,ts CoBtsary to expectations,
a1o:bs, WARM z7ei! is upoa q, bringing with
!, an iot.:ase Of CASES. Great 6essitrtio1 pre-.
walls. Ihe epidemic, although not ia:s! 70 tie
calcrai people, !: p:os:tating them b. b0o.
d.55:, a1i WHEN stricken .hey are f5uod ia
need OF everything. Al! aid possible IL oslog
rendered to them.
PAT1gRsoSvnLE, O.. 1.-THE fever Is
spreading 10 Bayou Tecbe. Eighty Eve casts
and twenty I've deaths have ba=o reported up
to date. TIE fa7tr appears IN malignant
form ano1g the whites, but Is as yet OF Mid
/ type among the blacks. Four deaths and line
new CASES have bsen reported slrc= tie TO-
| Among the deaths are Miss Louisa Bernard,
George Barnard, a daughter (ased ten years.
OF Mr.. Bu,ke, and a niece # M.. Daupto.-
Twelve deaths have occurred to date a. III
cohoc.
MEMPHIS, Oc.. 1.-THE board Of health
| officially rep.rts eighteen deaths as hsyiog oc.
Cured from yellow fever during the past twenty
four hours ending at Elk o'clock tonight. 10
addition urdertak:rs report seventeen deaths
outside the corporate limits.
Jefferson Davis, jr., son Of Jefferson Davis,
vas taken down this afternoon. DE ls 10 lhe
| country, eight miles from the city.
| Avail S. Hawkins, volunteer telegraph ope'
| ra.or from PIttsburg, Pa, dad tits Afternoon.
Twenty Two physicians of the Howard medical
corps reported l03 new case5-5O 10 the city
ard the remainder 10 The suburbs. The wind
| has Veered around 10 the norib and the weather
s rapidly becoming cooler. With good prospects
| Of frcst.
FIcMBCgG, October ll.-D:ath= to-day &,
among than Dr.. Hoppoidt, Of MorzautowD,
y. g., who came here Oh cal! Of the Howard
Association. New case. in the city are very
few, bat there are some going down every day.
Repoits from the couotry continue 10 give &C
counts OF the spread Of the disease. The teGer
is st, Increasing 10 Data.
! CANTON, OCT. u.-Six.eeo new cases and
two deaths. Reports from the countEy ale sill
alarming. AT FIVE plantations west Of hera, IL
radius # fifteen miles eleven whites ADD a
uunbe, CT blacks are down. There has been
one death from black vouis. At Camden, Is
1
| reported.
| A! Csr5 two pew CASES AID one death il The
| last twau.y tour hours. Dr.. Z. Waldo, suit
geoo Of the United States marine hospital, is
| toan with the fever.
At Meridian there have been IL c2s:s o.
fever ADD q deaths up to date.
Dir. bennett, the operator at GreenVlile,
Misc, ia down with relspse. The other oDe.
| rator there il also sick
At Data there are rinety three csses Of
fever.
At McConb City, new CASES. 9; deaths, 4;
| leaving - cases unde: treatment, I Of WHOM
a:c 10 critical condition.
Al Tkibodeauz, twenty ciyh. pex cases snd
| two dcaths.
At Port Hodson. two DEATH.
| At Biloxi, thirteen new cases AID tour
deaths.
A. Bay St. Louis, thirteen u.w cases aud 90
deaths.
A. OaJka, four deaths in The last thirty
| hours.
MEMPHIS, Oct. l2-The thermometer drop
ped TO AZ this mornng at o'clock, aud frost
would have fallen had not the wind been blow
ing The relief sent out on the Charlcston
Railroad yesterday morning by the Howard
Association hes not returned at noon to day.
Jerry Cockre and two so0s, residing i've
miles back Of the city, were Drostrated With
fever late last night. Mother Joseph, 10 charge
Of the Sisters Of the Good Shepard'y Home. is
reported 10 critical condition, az is also j. II.
| Force, q volunteer physiciau from the Hot
Springs, Ark. The Howard Association this
morni1g hcnt three nurses 10 Florence and two
10 Decatur, Ala Alexander Ksrf, tbs sat Of
family Of siz who returned ~ tbs city abort
time ago, thinking ali danger hid pass:d. died
I'll. norniny. AmonE the dsa'h: reported
since last night are Mrs Il. &. Sstsr, VT, e
tho late Rev. H. g. Slntsr, and i. i. Holland,
foreman Of the EysnlDg Ledger aud Droul'
nert Odd Fellow.
The County Court hsn been called to meet
On Monday nezt TO il.ct hhertf to I'LL the
vacaccy caussd by The death OF tho late shcrf,
j. w. Anderson.
TANuApAnoA, La, Oct. l2-Six deaths
from yellow fever occurred yesterday. Seventy
eight of the population arc down with the
fever. There is only one physician here.
BATON ROUGE, La, O3t. l2.-Fifty seven
two deaths are reported for the last twenty
four hours. 1t is evident that unless
cold weather comes the disease will pursue its
march; as each day rolls by the situation be-
comes tighter The Howards are compelled to
furnish beds and bedding for the numerous
poor who are found dying three aud four to-.
gether on the same couch. The number Of
sick is 80 great aud constantly increasing that
The most active efforts have to be made to fur.
Dsh the necessary attention. Our physicians,
aided by good nursing, are accomplishing the
very best results towards diminishing the death
| rate.
New ORLEANS, Oct. l2-The weather to
day is clear ADD warm. 203 new eases of yell
| low fever and 40 deaths are reported The
footipgs to date are ll,409 cases and 3.440
deaths.
Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, October l2.-Loans, increase,
S752. 400; specie, decrease. $3,608. 800; legal
| tenders, decrease, $l,3ll 400; circulation, 10.
crease. $l5,G00; deposits decrease, $4062,-
200; reserve, decrease, 81. 1904. $50. The banks
now hold So, 53l 600 in excess of the legal ro-
duiremepts. The atatement is tho most un.