The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-26
Third Edition
PEsTILENCE.
The Yellow Flag Still Flies
No improvement Yet Reported.

National Associated Press to the Star.
LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS
New ORLEANS, Sept. 26-The official
statement of yellow fever is as follows:
Deaths from 12 m. yesterday to II m. to-
day "A; new cases 129.
THE FEVER INCREASES
New York, Sept. 26.-Latest dispatches
from the yellow fever regions of the South
show the disease is worse in Memphis, and
still large number of cases in New Or
leans.
TWENTY NEW CASES AT HOLLY SPRINGS.
Holly Springs reports 20 new cases and 10
deaths for the past "a hours.
Chattanooga reports 10 new cases and
death.
vIcKsBURG AND GRENADA.
Vicksburg and Grenada, Miss, show a
marked improvement
Number of deaths in New Orleans yester-
day 38. There have been $3.50 cases and
2,6l1 deaths to date.
THE TOTAL AT MEMPHIS.
At Memphis there were 81 deaths in 80
hours, making total of 1880 deaths to
date.
wINoNA ALMOST DEPoPULATED.
Winona, Miss, is almost depopulated,
and other small towns in the several States
are suffering from fever. The activity of
the charitable people Of New York for the
relief of the sutferersi is unabated.
1T REVIEWS ITS ATTACKS.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 26-The pestilence
seems to have renewed its attack upon soci-
ETY. people this week, and with fatal effect,
several members having already died. In
all the papers are high eulogies of the hero
ism of the late Dr. Kibbe, and his untimely
death is much regretted.
FEARFUL INCIDENTS
A delirious negro patient on Dryades
street rushed out of his house and up the
street yesterday afternoon, pursued by half
a dozen people. He was entirely nude, and
when captured he wrestled for while to
get free, then was seized with black vomit
and died almost Immediately. A young
German girl in house near the place of
capture was very low, and hearing the tu-
multi, sprang out of bed and died instantly.
Complication with paludal fever no longer
predomnates, and most of the cases now
are typical.
DECREASING AMONG CHILDREN.
The mortality among children is decreas-
ing to great degree.
THE FIRST CHINESE CASE ON RECORD.
The Charity Hospital reports yesterday
include one Chnaman, the first Chinese
case on record. He is named All Man.
forty one years of age, and was sent to the
hospital September 5th sick and destitute,
by the police. He contracted the disease at
the hospital on Monday.
ABsENrEEs MUST NOT RETURN
A family of absentees who considered
themselves acclimated, although they had
never had yellow fever recently telegraphed
to their physician upon the question of re-
turning. He replied not to do so on any
account, and that he wodld advise them
when they could come. In spite of this
warning they arrived in the city three days
ago. and since then two of them have been
violently attacked with the prevailing dis
ease.
AN AFFLICTED FAMILY.
Woodland e. Barnes, aged fourteen, son
of the late w. f. Barnes, manager of the
New Orleans office of the Western Union
Telegraph, has died, and his remaining four
children have the fever. The visitation has
been fearful in this family.
THE MEMPHIS DOCTOR.
NEW Ohh, pCPu. Ao'-LlCdlIl olllCCl
Vanderpool said yesterday that Dr. Landley,
the Memphis physician. who now lies in
Quarantine Hospital suffering from yellow
fever, was doing fairly well. The baggage
of DR.. Lindley arrived at Jersey City, Tues
day night, and was disinfected by the health
authorities.
REVIVED AT GALLIPoLIs.
GALLIPoLIs, Sept 26.-Mr. and Mrs. Max
Hargar were attacked with fever last Mon
day, which has been confirmed as yellow
fever
Mrs. Hargan died Tuesday night with
black vomit and Mr.. Hargar's death is
hourly expected. These people never had
any connection with the Porter, and their
attack can not be accounted for.
The Pest-house above this city was set on
fire and destroyed by incendiaries, Tues
day night.
VICTIMS AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 26.-Among the deaths
yesterday were John HI. Mitchell, brother
of Maggie Mitchell; DR.. Burcham, from
Columbus, Ohio, and George Landrum,
brother of the late Herbert Landrum. of
the Avalanche. Rev. DR.. George White
and Rev. w. E. Boggs are among the new
cases.
AID FOR THE SUFFERERS.
NJ