Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-10-05
CURRENT EVENTS,

fever and 1S9 new cases reported in New
Orleans for the "A hours ending at moon
on the oath; at Memphis, 81 deaths anC
over 100 new cases; at Vicksburg,
deaths only, but many relapses on ac
count of change in weather; at Holly
Springs, 3 deaths and 20 new
cases. at Canton, Miss,
death and 20 new cases; al
Baton Rouge, La, for As hours, 3 death.
and Sc new cases; at Osyka, Miss, {
deaths and 50 cases to date. The dis.
ease was extending to many places in
Mississippi and Louisiana heretofore ex.
empt, and two deaths occurred at Mi.
Ian, Tenn, causing ? general stoppagc
OF business and regular stampede Of
the inhabitants. .
The following is summary of yell
low fever reports for the 2Gth; New Or
leans, A deaths and 129 new cases
Memphis, 43 deaths and 143 new cases
(partiaI reporD; Vicksburg, u deaths,
among them Wm. lockwood, President
of the Howards; Holly Springs, 8 deaths
and 81 new cases. The disease also con
tinued with more or less severity at
GreenVille, Canton and Port Gibson,
Miss, Hickman, Martin, Brownsville
and Grand Junction, Tenn, and at va
rious places in Louisiana.
The following is q summary of vel.
low fever reports for the 3Oth ult. New
Orleans, 50 deaths and some 80 new
cases; Memphis, 28 deaths and 142 new
cases; Vicksburg, 10 deaths; Martin,
Tenn, 6 new cases; Baton Rouge, La,
6 deaths and 1873 new cases for the pre-
ceding As hours; Brownsville, Tenn, 2
deaths and new cases; Hick-
man, Ky, , deaths and 4 new
cases; Fulton, Ky, death and no
new cases; Greenyille, Tenn, 6 deaths
and > new cases; Chattanooga, Tenn,
deaths and Anew cases; Holly Springs,
Miss, | l deaths and % new cases Don.
aldsonville, La, deaths and 40 new
cases; Water Valley, Miss, 3 deaths and
3 new cases; jackson, Miss, 3 deaths
and 33 new eases; Bay st. Louis, La, 3
deaths and new cases Port Hudson,
Miss, ) new cases and deaths to date;
Grenada, Miss, no deaths and no new
cases.
The Secretary of War on the oath
suspended the order for the further dis
tribution of Government ratons to vel
low. fever sufferers in New Orleans, on
account Of having received information
that the Howards had on hand an un-
expended reserve of S2GO,00O derived
from charitable contributions. 1t is
stated in explanation that the Howards
only supply the sick with doctors, nurses
and medicines upon application to one
Of their own members, and do not sup
ply food or other necessaries to the sui
fering poor.
DR.. George Kibbee, inventor of
fever cot for the hydropathic treatment
of yellow fever, died from the disease at
New Orleans on the 2lth. The Doctors
cot proved Il valuable adjunct in the
treatment Of the disease in many eases,
but failed to save his own life, though
faithfully tested under the skilled super
vision of DR.. Chopin.
The Memphis relief committees have
publicly announced that they have suf-
ticient funds now or hand, not only for
their own present and probable future
needs, but also to assist the suffering of
adjacent localities.
louisville officials emphatically de-
ny the existence of yellow fever in that
city in an epidemic form. A few eases
at most of an indigenous character are
all that have appeared, and physicians
are divided in opinion as to whether
even these were true yellow fever.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, "a wealthy
and philanthropic lady of New York
City, has offered to defray the expenses
of a commission of physicians to in
yestigate the yellow fever epidemic, and
at her solicitation Surgcon-General
Woodwork, of the United States
Marine Hospital Service, has organized
such commission, naming Prof. S.
NJ Bemis, NJ. d., of New Orleans,
as chairman, together with DR.. Jerome
Cochrane, of Mobile, and DR.. r. w.
Mitchell, of Memphis. The latter how
ever declined to serve on account of his
services being required by the sick at
Memphis. The commission will meet
at New Orleans at the earliest time prac-
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Advices from Santo Domingo an
nounce the success of the Revolution
lists, the capitulation of President Con.
zales, and his departure from the coun-
try for Curacao. The Revolutionists
entered Santo Domingo on the same
day the President departed, when Pro
visional Government was organized,
Jacinto Decastro being its President,
and the Electoral College was ordered
to convene with the object of proceed
ing to the election of a new President.
Gen. Luperon was the most prominent
candidate.
The Mexican Congress opened on the
10th. President Diaz sent in a message
which reviews at length the American
question. He claims that the Mexican
Government nerformed its duties to-