Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-04
PL4GUE STRICKEN MEMPHIS.
A Volunteer Physicians Experience
in that CITY.


DR.. R.R. Hunter. OF Kansas City, Mo-. is in this
city. Dr.. Hunter is young man just returned
from Memphis, and has with him testimonials
and an elegant gold watch from the Howard AS
sociation, of that city, for duties Well performed
during the prevalence of the yellow fever. Toa
STAR reporter DR.. Hunter said to-day: wen
TO Memphis in the latter part OF August and lef
the 2sth of last month. When arrived ther
the fever was raging with fearful results.
When l left there the Howards had dis
charged all their physicians and the plague was
practically dead. When the fever was at its
height over hundred deaths daily was the re-
port.
WHY MEMPHIS IN UNHEALTHY
The reporter asked him about the sanitary
condition of the city. ''It was very bad indeed"
was the reply. ''The city is greatly i'm need OF
modern Improvements and thorough cleansing.
which runs right through it. Into this bayou
empties the city's filthy drainage. The stream
adg being : sluggish the result can be easily mag
DEATH AMONG THE DOCTORS
''How many doctors did the Howard Associa-
tion have in the city?' said the STAR man.
sides local physicians. All the Howard ply
sicianS except DR.. overall, of Murfreesboro'.
were attacked with the fever. Twentv-seven of
orally young men. though there were old ones
among us. We had no difficulty in getting med-
clneS. When the drug stores began to close up
the association opened one and kept it open
All our prescriptions We're promptly filled We
had plenty OF nOuriShment for the patients
THANKS TO THE KINDNESS OF THE NORTH.
The supplies sent US We're wen selected and
properly distributed The money was also Law
ishiy expended 10y men competent to direct il
where the most good would result. Dr. Mitch
ell, the president OF the Howard Association.
deserves great credit for his laboIS and the faith
1ul discharge OF his sef-imposed duties. Yes.
we had
SOME TROUBLE WITH NURSES
Al first there were but few OF them. Then hey
numerous IN h.l
whole they were very unsatisfactory, and 4
great many of them had To be discharged.
There was also trouble about the distribution OF
the ratiOnS furnished by the lveinment The
negroes would come in from The country 10 get
some OF the lations and slceparound any ywhere,
making food fOl the fever. The volunteer phy-
SicanS would break down and remain sick ten
or twelve days and then get about agaln-at
least that was the case with me. though most
OF the Others were sick longer than |. How did
we get around to see our patients? First on
fGOt then | secured a mule and wagon. ana
nnaliy horse and carriage. The feyer-Stiickea
sections could never have gotten on at all if it
nad not been f0r the generous and iudciOus aid
. 1l0m abroad, principally. ] believe. from the
north. There were no ghous who enriched
themselvts S from the aid thus sent"
THE FEVER AMONG THE coLoRED PEOPLE.
1.-The neg0eS suffered pretty severely, did
they nOt?" asked the reporter.
Yes" said the Doctor. ''though they general
y are untouched They thought they were fever
greatly scared. All other things between the
whites and blacks being equal believe the
latter are less liable to be attacked by the fever
and are more likely to get WELL
RIGID QUARANTINE EFFECTIVE
s. How did the fever eStend?'
I" AS far as my observation goes, almost en-
trely along the lines OF travel. water and rail
roads. do not think it is spontaneous in its
origin. Rigid quarantine, I believe can keep it
away. Humboldt, Tenn. right in the way Of
Ine iever oy rtg,d quarantine escaped; 50 did
SaFdls. Miss. Milan. by the same precautions.
a lld dI,.D n
DISsINFECTANTs A FAILURE.
:" Did you ind disinfectants effective" asked
THE STAR man.
"They were failure said The Doctor. ..They
were extensively tried and found very inef-
fectlye. The Howard Association passed a
resolution that they had not come up 10 what
was expected OF them"
"IheIe We're ether feyerS prevalent besides
the yellow fever"
"Yes; malarial fever, bilious and inter1nitten
levers. In treating patent, We had great diff
cuity IN aSecltalninG III the first stages of the
fever tor what TO treat them DEFY any one 10
distinguish in the first stages Of bilious remit
tent fever that disease from the yellow fever
A FORTHCOMING REPORT.
Are the HOWaTdS going TO make Il repOrt?''
eS an exhaustive report OF the disease, its
ravaGeS. origin. and everything pertaining to il
will be made. 1t will be very bulky document
and Will be ready. suppose: some time in De
cember: DR.. GreenVille bowel. who has written
so much about the fever. had charge of the
largest intirmary in Memphis, and what he has
science. Dr. DOwell has during the epidemic
added greatly to his already wide reputation"
Mr.. EDISON is SO far recovered from his i'll
ness that he is again hard at work. his face half
buried in his turned-up coat collar. and looking
sadly pale, thin and worn. He is indefatigabiv
industrious, and can tire out the sturdiest of his
Workmen, who are also very busy at present. ss
THE CONVENTION OF SroNEcUTrERs of the
United States and Canada met in New York
saturday. Resolutions We're adopted denOun-
cling the present system of contract convict
labor as tending to bring honest labor down TO
the level of convi vict labor and ruinOuS to the in
teTeStS OF WOrkln91nen. and requesting work
ingmen to vote against all candidates for Office
WnOfaVOr convict labor.
THE SwEDENBORGIANS hold that the second
advent OF the Lord. as set forth in Scripture, is
not personal appearing to the bodily senses,
but new diffusion OF light by an understand
ing of His Word.
A HIGH PRICED ORATOR IN CouRT-A special
dispatch to the Chicago TfiJuae from Fort
WAYNE, Nov. 1. says:-John Studabaker. OF
BlufftOn, the late national candidate for Con-
gress, is still in trouble over the campaign.
Thomas N. Mceaw, of this city, has sued him
l,1 for sl4,sS for making speeches in his behalf
ker agreed to pay him at the modest rate Of =
per speech. The case is set for trial on the ,th
of November.
A FOEGER's CONFESSION. 4. Pedrie.
who defrauded his employers, Bernhard Il Hut
ton, silk, importers, New York, of sl0S, 900, and
by means OF forgeries Swindled the customs of
duty amounting to s12o.00O. and who fled on the
discovery, has sent confession to the AsSo-
ciated Press. He says he alone is to blame; that
he speculated in stocks, and would have been
all right il his broker had not failed
Col. THOMAS A. SCOTT president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, will sail to-day for
Antwerp, on the steamship Switzerland, from
Philadelphia. He will be accompanied by his
wife and two children. and expects to be absent
until spring. Vice President Roberts will act as
president during his absence.
HARD TINES IN ITALY.-IIundreds of thou
sands OF peasants in Italy are without work,
and those who are employed are glad to labor
twelve hours day for ninateen cents and food,
winch invariably consists of dry black bread at
10 a. w., and aqua sale soup at the close of the
day, the said soup being bowl of hot water
salted and favored with few drops OF olive
Oil.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE has been discussed anew
In the Vermont legislature, the immediate iss,lt,
being whether women should be permitted to
vote for school trustees. Judge Poland advo-
Gated the restriction OF the privilege TO unmar-