Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-27
THE DEATH STRUGGLE,
BETWEEN BLACK JACK IND YEL-
Low JACK.

Low JACK.
The PestiIence at the South Dying Hard
Many Returning Refugees Stricken With
the Fever-A Record of the Progress of
| the Plague For Twenty-Four Hours
| The Work of the Towards.
| MEMPHIS, Oct. 26.-Fifteen physicians of the
Howard Medical corps report sixteen new cases.
equally divided between the city and country.
The majority of those reported in the citv are
or persons Who we're taken i'll in the suburbs
ana Drought into the city for treatment. Ten
local physicians have been appointed on duty
| IN the city by Medical Director Mitchell To take
the place of physicians from abroad who have
oeen relieved. Members of the medical corps
VINO are qnarantined from home have been re-
quested to remain in the city as guests of the
howard association. The towboat A. J. Baker
with barges, passed down at P. NJ. The steam,
e el. Grand Tower, from st. Louis enroute for
Vicksburg, arrived at 6p. N. Frank Smith. the
| well known steamboat steward, was Frustrated
WIN ieVer TINS afternoon. Weather cloudy,
rain threatening.
| NEW ORLEANS Oct. 26.-The Continental
Guards, well known military Organization.
to-day appointed committee Of five to solicit
| contributions for the relief of the family of
L lieut. benner. who died of yellow fever at
,vlcKsourg. Applications for relief to the
a Jung ien christian association, 81 Howards
~. Dr. Guejauo, who was sent to the
towards by the Spanish government to be sent
| 10 the place where the lever was most malip
nant, returned from Dry Grove Miss. He has
! been twenty-five years in charge of hospital
IN havana, but says he never saw such yellow
lever until he sav the cases in Dry Grove In
| thirty hours black yomit and twenty-eight
deaths and twenty-nine cases were the reports
when he arrived He was very successful in
the treatment of the fever at Dry Grove. and
afterwards at Lebanon Church.
! CLINTON, Oct 26.-Eight new cases in the
nc1snborhood, Including two at Clinton. How
ards, one death, the child of James Nesoms.
OF kallys One new case in Clinton.
| VIcKsBURG, Oct. 26.-One death in the city.
three in the country.
DELTA, Oct. 26.-Major Corkin died this
morning. Harry Walters is very low. Three
new case reported.
PROFESSIONALLY, Oct. 26.-Nine new cases
to-day.
PORT GIBSON. Oct 26.-No fever in town.
About 300 cases in the country, but light. To-
tai deaths to date, Z25-
MISSISSIPPI Cry, Oct. 26.-Two new cases;
one death. Total, l65 cases; 10 deaths; 80 cases
under treatment.
NEw ORLEANS, Oct. 26.-J. B. P. Vincent
book keeper of the Louisiana Savings bank. q
native OF England, aged 36, died to-day of VEL
| low fever
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 26-Lieutenant q. s.
Hoit, U. 5. A., in command of the relief steam.
er Chambers, who volunteered with the gal
liant Benner. to take the steamer load of sup
plies to the Southern cities. telegraphs from
Cairo to the Courier that he is we'll. and leaves
for st. Louis immediately after a very tedious
trip up the river. Lieutenant Holt was for
merly city editor of the Courier of this CITY.
and has many friends in Evansville who have
4 fatf
greatly relieved at hearing of his safe arrival
at Cairo.
NEW ORLEANS Oct. 26.-Weather clear and
pleasant. Deaths, Il; cases reported. g.; total
deaths, 3,949; total cases, 1855. Capt, VIM.
DAVIS, OF the British ship Liddesdale, died last
night of yellow fever.
BATON ROUGE, Oct. 26.-Eight new cases; no
deaths.
GREENvLLE, Oct. 26.-The yellow fever has
entirely abated here. Not a case in town: 287
deaths to date. Twenty-one cases are under
treatment at Winterville, ten miles from here.
with three deaths. The relief committee ex.
pect to end their labors this week. All the
| hospitals are closed, and business is reviving.
Dr. Schlater and nurses left for New Orleans
| yesterday.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 26.-The weather continues to
grow warmer. From o'clock last night unit
noon to-day the undertakers report orders for
seven interments. Mrs. Roper, widow of the
New ORLEANS, Oct. 26.-The work of sup
plying the needy with matches, rations, medi-
clnes. nurses, physicians, etc., will today be
brought to an end as far as the Peabody How.
ards. Ladies physiological society and Steam.
boatmen are concerned. The Orleans Central
Young Mems Christian, Peabody auxiliary
Homeopathic relief. Benevolent and several
minor charitable associations will continue
their labors.
The following points are gathered from the
Howard dispatches: At Staffords Point nea,
Harrison. La. the fever has been raging fol-
two months. Six deaths are ascribed to yellow
fever.
At knights, also, near Harrisonburg. there
are Six cases. all convalescent. At Harrison.
burg there ls some fever, but mostly in the
country. The nurses are doing good service
and all well.
At Duck Hill there are several new cases OF
fever. The local doctor is sick Stimulants
are wanted.
4 At Fairfax plantation, J. B. Sturges died at
6 A. NJ. Saturday. Homeopathic relief associa-
tion. twelve new cases and one death re-
ported.
From Lebanon comes news that DR.. J. r
JOKES IS at last out of danger, and will be up
! perhaps, tomorrow.
At Lebanon the extraordinary fact is reported
that in one house near town there are seventeen
persons sick with the fever.
| The homeopathic society has now BOT case,
in charge and will continue its work until they
are well. If it ls necessary to take up new
cases it will be done, and as long as assistance
is required the association will do all in it:
1 power to render it.
No pcrceptible decline in fever at Carrollton
Many Of the best families are being attacked.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 26.-Yellow fever repor
for twenty-four hours ending at P. M: Deaths
4 j. II. McAfee, Ed. Jones and one colored; ten
new cases, four colored. Mayor Carlisle is nc
better. Weather extremely warm. Total cases
to date 1884; deaths, 100.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 26.-The board of health off.
cially reported two deaths from yellow fever
during the past twenty-four hours ending at {
o'clock. Six additional interments are re
ported by the undertakers of parties who died
beyond the corporation lines. Among those
who have died since noon. are VIM. Weatherly
VIM. Lucas, Bessie Brock, Kate L. Bretan ano
Mrs. Matte Harris.
BosroN, Oct. 26.-Base ball-Bostons, 8
Providence 2.
A Blow at Polygamy.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 26.-Yesterday aftcrnoo,