Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-21
YELLOW FEVER.
IT ATTACKS THE CHILDREN. d.

IT ATTACKS THEsCHILDREN. - a
A dispatch from New Orleans dated
tn 18TH inst says OF deaths
reported to-day, 7 we're children under.
5 years; one was s. one was IA and.
another child, age not given. The Times,
editorially, says some remarkable fea-
lures that characterized the fever in It's
incipiency continue to characterize it
now. 1t may be regarded as its matur
ed and developed form. Fully 60 per
cent. Of the deaths are Of foreigners
and unacclimated people, and fully Is
per cent. of the remainder are OF chill
dren. 1t is. very rarely that we notice
death Of an adult born here, and who
had lived here any length Of time,
and Of = whom it can be said
he or she received even moderate
attention. Instances Of this sort consti-
tute the exceptions to a very general
rule indeed, leaving out strangers and
those persons whose habits of life rem
der them especially liable to material
influences. The sickness seems to be
devoting itself especially to children,
and the fact that as time goes on this
! feature becomes more conspicuous,
! iustities the theory that the fever may
be looked on as having declared itself
It is true that a good many native
adults have been affected, but the at
tack in nearly every instance has been
light and manageable, and but for the
scare would hardly have excited COM
ment So far it is distinctly the chill
dren's year. '3' .'. ','
| WORSE AND WORSE.
A Wilmington, n. G.. dispatch says
the following has been received here
from Grenada, Miss:
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. l4.-Mdy0r of
Wilmington: Help us to pay nurses and
bury the dead; our town is graveyard
we need help; the Mayor is dying, and
is the only officer left. . I..f
| (Signed) ED. MALLON.
City Marshall and Acting Mayor.
mediately upon the receipt of the
above telegram the board of aldermen
of this city convened in session and
made an appropriation for the Grenda
sufferers, and appointed a committee Of
seven to solicit contributions from .citi-
zens. Its. thought that a liberal sum
will be raised. -'''
| AT MEMPHIS. ."''o &.'
The following was received by the as
scciated press on the the 10th from
Memphis: .#I bunl A.. 4a l
To Hon. G.. w. McCrary, secretary of
opar, Washington, ID. C.::-Death is MAX
ing rapid strides through our streets.
Towns have quarantined against us.
Can younot order 900 tents, into which
I>,
| (Signed) ~ r. F. PATTERSON, -.
gl Collector of Internal Revenue.
TT -....... -. r. A. THOMPSON, ~.
81 ....s -,, Postmaster.
Since the above was sent, Postmaster
Thompson sent another telegram, ask
ing for rations, with view Of supply
ing all and getting all the poor people
out of town. sTa-"a ."-ae
Twenty-seven new cases and six
deaths are reported in the last twenty
four hours.
THE SITUATION ON TUE 14TH INST.
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. 14.-Sixteen
experienced nurses, in charge of Doc
tors Mandville and Vail. arrived this
morning from New Orleans. The nurs-
es were quickly assigned to the afflicted
families. The type of the disease is
pronounced malignant, and is spread
ing. There are ten or eleven new cases
since morning. Nine deaths are re-
ported in the last twenty-four
hours, and fully 125 new cases.
while the population is now reduced to
700. None of the old cases have as yet
recovered. Brave and self-sacrifcing
doctors of New Orleans, assisted by res
ident physicians, are doing the best Of
work, and grateful hearts 60 out to them
and to the generous citizens of New
Orleans in this hour Of deep affection.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 14.-The following has
been received by the associated press
here:
GRENADA, Miss, Aug. IA,
Owing to the sickness Of the mayor
and councilmen, the undersigned have
been appointed by the citizens Of Gren-
ada, at a recent meeting to
receive and distribute whatever pecu
mary aid can be obtained for those
suffering from yellow fever in Grenada
The disease is here in its most malig-
nant form, and the sick are SO numer-
GUS and destitute as to make it utterly
impossible for Grenada unassisted to
relieve or move them. The assistance
of the charitable is respectfully solicit
ed, and the press are asked to copy this
dispatch generally. OIL. s"aIs Il
a# Signed, RoBr. MULLEN,
.5I R. S. RINGALD, M. D.,
IS t-..-. - .s Health Officers
.s.,..,.. THOs. WALTON.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 1.-THE extraor-
binary increase Of new cases of yellow
fever reported by the board Of health
up to noon has been the allabsorbing
topic of conversation this afternoon
Reporters sought In vain for an expla-.
nation, and find that the report includes
two days from the Charity hospital, but
that only adds z or Scases, which should
have been reported yesterday, leaving
1875 or 1877 cases that .haye occurred
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