Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-26
YELLOW Fever.


MEMPHIS, Sept. 25.-P. g. Biglcy pur'
chasing agent Of the Howard Association, was
taken down TO night. Twenty three physicians
Of Inc Howard medical corps report l25 new
cases. Forty deaths havo been officially re.
porcd by the board of health as having occur.
red for the twcnty.iour hours ending at Blk
o'clock to. night Of these sixteen were colored.
Among the deaths reported since noon arc John
II. Mitchell, brother Of Maggie Mitchell, the
actress Laugdon a. Cheeves, q volunteer
physician from Savannah Major John 7.
Trezevant, q we'll known citizen aud real estate
agent George ID. Laudrum, youngest son Of
Rev. S. Landrum, aud w. &. Miller, late
issuing clerk 10 the ocmmissary department. OF
the citzan's relief committee.
Rev. w. Il. Boggs was stricken to-day
Alexander Wallace, who was conyaeScent, took
relapse this evening. y. Hayes, prominent
citizen, died near this city.
A committee this afternoon adopted a rcsolu.
ton thanking tho United States and the world
haVo been made. The amount now here and
on the way will probably be sufficient to meet
all needs.
New ORLEANS, Sept 25.--There wcro $40
cases Of yellow fever reported up to noon on
"Wednesday, of which 2i3 wero excluded from
the official report they dating prior to tho ed
Instant. The grand total of cases is S,454.
The deaths Include II children under sevou
years. Woodland e. Barnes, aged fourteen,
son of the late &. w. Barnes, is dead, and his
rculaiuiug four children have the foyer.
Tie reports;at the board of health this morn.
ius show that the fever is spreading along the
liue OF St. Charles avenue, above Napoleon,
and quite bad both 10 Csrrollton aud 10 the
third district. Its appearance in these neigh.
borhoods has undergone no special modification
siuce the inception of the epidemic, although
the disease seems quite as ylrulcnt as previous.
~ reported. The physicians have gained greater
experience, and critical cases do not appear
quite SO frequently.
The Young Mems Christian Association re.
ceived dispatch from DR.. Woolf, at Winona,
announcing tho death Of Mr.. kittrcll and
others, sick there before bis arrival. The place
is almost depopulated. A dispatch to the lo-
brew Benevolent Association reports the death
OF child at Vaudeville, La, of yellow fever.
The New Orleans relief committee decided
to day to return all unbroken packages to mer-
chants who had advanced them, and will dis.
tribute the remainder to parties whose requl.
sit;ons nave been approved as far as the ratlons
will go Up to six o'clock p. III. 10 day seven
teen deaths sirce noon were reported at the
board OF health, and scventy.seven cases, OF
which sixty five are new, and twelve prior to
the 22d. Among the 100 new cases reported
UP to noon is Sister Mary Ann, of St. Eliza
beth Asylum, ADD four arc Of the marine de-
partmcnt at the Hotel Deu. Tho Charity Hos
rital fever reports to day include one chinese,
hh Man forty seven years old.
Brother Cyplians, Of the Order of the Holy
Cross died to-day of yellow fever. Among
the new cases to-day was Col. W. M. Owen,
Of the WASHINGTON Artillery. Among the con-
valescents arc Major VIM. A. Gwyn and Capt.
Geo. Il. Williams.
A family of abscrtces, who considered then.
selves acelimated, although they had neTT5r &C.
tualy had yellow fever, recently te!sgraphed to
their physician, DR.. John Garter, of the fourth
district. upon the Question Of returning. Ho
replied not to, 40 SO upon any account, and that
nc wouio-a;ivisc them when they could como.
II 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 dl.
seasc. They reside on Magazine street, near
Second, iu the fourth district.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 25.-There was Que
death from yellow fever here last night, and
eight new cases fer the twenty four hours ended
at ten o'clock this morning.
The buildings in course Of erection by tho
relief committee as camp for the sick, On the
side CT Lookout Mountain, have been burned,
with all the carpenter tools. 1t was doubtless
IN iuccndiary act.
VICKsBURa, Sept. 5.-The weather is warm
aud clear. The thermometer marks ga.
Twelve deaths were recorded TO- day-seVon
white and five colored, The whites were all
cilildrcn under eight years of age. Tho fever
continues increasing throughout Warren county.
New cases arc heard of daily. At Bovina IS
cases are reported.
BATON ROUGE, Sept. 25.-Two deaths and
thirty eight new cases Of fever orc reported tor
the past twcnty.iour hours. Between fifty aod
SIXTY deaths from yellow fever have occurred to
date. The situatian has been growing worse
from day to day fer the past week. Unless cold
weather comes soon wG have much trouble
ahead One hundred and twenty five now
eases have been reported in the past three
days.
Six new cases aud Two deaths 10 the last "a
hours havo occurred at Southwest Pass.
At Ricoh0o plantation seven cases and three
deaths arc reported.
10 the past twonty.four hours two deaths and
twenty one new cases havo occurred at Canton.
At Holly Springs tho fever is increasing
again. tits said five hundred persons arc now
dowp with tho fever.
No deaths and but one new case for the
past twcnty.four hours has been reported at
Grenada.
Hickman, Ky, reports four deaths and three
new cases.
Fulton, Ky., reports three sistors-the Misses
Woodridge with the fever. They are
supposed to have caught. tho infection from
passenger oar, lately brought from Memphis.
aud Left near their residence with tho windows
opened to vcntiato the car. No other cases
there. 4
Nebraska Democracy.
LINCOLN, NEE, Sept. 2e.-The democ ratio
State convention mot here yesterday l2o dele
gates being present. On temporary organlzs,,
.ion-W. 7. Couner, q representative Of hard
money, was chosen chairman ovor Q. q. Brown
By 5 majority. Committees on resolutions and