The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-11
YELLOW FEVER.
PROGRESS OF THE TERRIBLE DIS
EASE.

NEWS FROM MEMPHIS MORE GLOOMY THAN
UsuAL-NEw ORLEANS STILL GRoAYING
UNDER THE AFFLICTIoN-ABATING AT
GRANADA THE SITUATION AT HOLLY
SPRINGS ETC.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September 0.-To-
days mortuary report is the largest of any
day since the fever appeared, the undertake
ers reporting liz interments Of which
twenty-four were colored people. Among
the number are:
Mai. j. G. Thrall.
Thomas Hood, volunteer telegraph OPP
orator from Philadelphia.
Rev. D. X. Rosebury, Of Bartlett Circuit
Methodist Episcopal Church.
N. Gibson.
Sister Constance Superior of the Sisters
of ST. Mary's Episcopal.
Paul Cune and II. Going, of Little Rock
who had been nursing the sick.
A son of ex-mayor VIM. Park died at the
Howard infirmary.
Forty-tive new cases were reported by
resident physicians Among those taken
down to-day are Barney Hughes, Hiram
Gage CID. c. Warder and wife, Frazer
Prowitt and Chas. Morrison, druggist, his
partner
Mr.. Humcs is dying.
Fred Cole, an active member of the
Howard association, died late this evening
His wife and child are sick with fever,
The Towards have established, under the
direction of DR.. L. T. Bryan, of Houston,
Texas, a hospital tor the care of physicians
and nurses, many of whom are falling.
DR.. Bryan will give this institution dis
tinctive Texas feature by employing Texas
! physicians and nurses 50 far as the interests
of the institution will admit. Texans and
others who desire to contribute to the
support of this institution aan do so by
forwarding contributions to the Howard
association, specifying the purpose.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Physicians of the Howard corps report
All new cases for the past twenty four hours.
They state the situation of the city is
simply frighttu. They find more sick
than they can attend to. In accordance
with the determination of citizens to force
the people to leave the city no ratons were
issued to-day except to persons who had
sick ones in the family A proclamation
will be published in the morning papers
notifying the public that camps will be
formed, and those who expect to receive
rations must take up their residence there
until the city is free from fever.
USELESS TO KEEP COUNT.
The condition of our city grows more
desperate every hour. Of new cases 1t is
useless to longer keep count. Whole iami-
lies are stricken down with it in a few
hours, and the call for nurses is greater
than can be supplied. Yesterday there was
about 100 deaths and 300 new cases and to-
day, up to noon, 20 deaths are reported, and
the death rate to-day will probably exceed
that Of any previous day.
Among the deaths reported this morning
are DR.. 4. E. G. Slater, pastor First Metho-
dist church; Sister Catherine, Of st. Mays
Episcopal church, NJ. Costello, VIM, A.
Rudd, Jacob Locd, DR.. Nelson and Harry
W. Ferguson who died at Camp DO. Will
liams.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, September 0.-rhe death
list to-day included the following persons;
| Voe'HH INNiliicl' WY Sb'''N Ni''N' -
ward Brennan, boilcrmaker; o. 5. Babcock,
member Of the Washington artillery.
From noon up to p. m. 3G deaths were
reported to the Board of Health. The oili-
al'report ofdoaths is not yet completed
The Young Mems Christian Association
had ll0 new eases OF fever reported today
making 1902 to date. They gave 70 fam
lilies requisition for food to-day for five days
each.
The Towards have 200 new applications
for food, and 1872 new eases,
A meeting of Master and Warden repre-
sentativcs Of the Masonic bodies OF the city
was held Sunday at the instance OF Deputy
Grand Master Marks, who stated that with"
out solicitation on the part Of the order the
sum of 81, 200 had been forwarded to hlm
for the relief of the destitute Masons. In
the early stages Of the epidemic he had re-
ccvcd letters rendering assistance which he
had gratefully declined TO accept Since
then the amount named had come to hand.
lie had therefore determined to retain the
amount and distribute the same among the
destitute Masons and their families.
Destituton and distress In
the Masonic order is not felt so badly as
among the Odd Fellows, who have over 200
members of their families down with the
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