The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-17
Yellow Fever.

a CORRESPONDENT Oh tue OluCluudd EU-
quirer writes from Memphis on October 6:
Refugees continue to return to the city, and
scarcely a family returned but has one or
more members down with fever. Still they
say they had no other alternative but to re-
turn, as it became impossible to get subsist-
ence in their places Of refuge. The last mem.
Der of the Kerr family, returned refugees,
was stricken with fever yesterday,
two having already died. A French
| citizen named Abadie, living in Fort
Pickering, committed suicide this morning
just on the eve of his convalescence. Every
member of his family has been stricken
with the fever, his wife dying about three
weeks ago, and it is supposed his broken
heart prompted him to the deed. DR.. Suppe,
of Los Angeles, California, was called to
administer antidotes to counteract the
poison, but the mar was dead when the
| Doctor arrived. The death of DR.. VIM. r.
Lowry is announced. DR.. Lowry was not q
member of the Howard Medical Corps. He
confined his attendance to his patrons only,
At New Orleans, on the 9Th, the situation
is reported unchanged. A daughter of
Governor Nichols died of the fever. The
Catholic Relief Association acknowledge
the receipt of a muniicent donation from
Cardinal McCloskey, in the shape of a check
for $4,000. The disease is still spreading in
the interior.
From Gallipolis, Ohio, on the 9th, it is
stated that a young man named Gibson,
brother of the one who died several days
since of yellow fever, died of the same dis.
ease Friday afternoon. He lived ten miles
below the city. Saturday night was ex-
tremely cold, and it is now believed that
the place is entirely rid of the plague.
Unfavorable reports come from Cairo,
Ills, and from many localities in Tennessee,
| Mississippi, and Alabama.
From Memphis, October z: The demand
for nurses at the Howard Association head
quarters to-day has been in excess of the
supply. The present warm wheather has
tended to favor the spreading of the fever,
and reports from interior towns give gloomy
accounts of the condition of affairs. Addi-
| tional nurses were sent to Tuscumbia, Ala,
Moscow, Paris, Lagrange, Masons, Browns
vile, Tenn, and Garner, Miss, this
afternoon, and others will be sent to.
morrow. Sheriff ]. W. Anderson is
reported 10 a critical condition with
but faint hopes of recovery. A. v. bod,
a weilknown stationer, was taken down
this afternoon. The appeals for physicians
from adjacent towns, which have been re-
sponded to, nave left a scarcity of medical
men in Memphis, and the demand for their
services is increasing daily. The Board of
Health officially reports twenty-six deaths
from yellow fever during the past twenty
four hours ending at six o'clock tonight.
Undertakers report twenty-five additional
deaths occurring outside Of the
city limits for the same period.
The steamer Chambers, in the employ of
anchored in mid stream last night. Sur
geon Reyes, accompanied by DR.. Frank
Reilly, of Chicago, was on'shore this morn
ing endeavoring to find such of the govern
ment officials as were left in the city. DIR.
Reyes appeared perfectly serene. The
Chambers will leave this afternoon, con.
tinuing on her voyage of mercy.
No supplies were needed here. II. NJ.
Reyes, N. D., Frank w. Reilly, NJ. D.,
representatives of the Chicago Relief Com.
mi tee, were in the city this morning.
They went on down the river on the hospi.
tai supply boat Chambers, with medical aid
and other supplies for points down the
river. There are thirty-ive cases in Hope,
field, Arkansas, opposite Memphis. There
were three deaths yesterday. Mrs. Leonard,
Jerry Stack and james Guthrie. Mrs. Bla'
lock has a bad case and needs a nurse.
New Orleans, October q: The mortuary
report for the week ending Sunday six p.
M, show the total deaths, sos; yellow fever,
1928; other fevers, so; deaths in public in
situations, 33; deaths certified by Coroners
%. The Yellow Fever Commissioner ap
pointed by Surgeon General Woodwork
consisting of Dr.. s. M. Bemiss, of New Or
leans, Chairman, DIR. Jerome Cochran, o.
Mobile, and Profess,r Ellard Howard Of
) Baltimore, met to-day in the Univer
sity Building. DIR. Cochran ex
planned to the reporter the method o.
inquiry to be pursued. In addition to tn,
answers expected to be received from per
sons to whom circulars are being sent, thes'
circulars embracing every possible question
in regard to the origin, contagion, or infec
ton, spread, effects, treatment, and result
of yellow fever, the commission expects Il
gather an immense amount of testimony b,
investigating particular cases, going from
house to house, making inquiries Of con
valescents, their relatives and friends, ex
aiming the sanitary condition o
the foci Of the disease, and in numerou
other ways attempting to clear mp tn
ground, and reach some genera principle
, upon which a respectable and axIomati,
, idea can be based. With this intent, tn
| Commissioners spent the morning hours il
selecting from books furnished by tn
Board OF Health, the names of persons an,
places to be visited. No prominence
sought to be given to selected persons
. Their names will therefore be withheld
!. from the public. The results of the visit
hereafter will be publ he'd in full. J
W. Nader, Secretary Of the Peabody As
socia ion, is convalescing. The report
show a continued spreading of the feveril
the Third and Sixth districts, every mem
3 Der of the families, in some cases, beini
pros rated, and those in afiuent circum
stances find difficulty in securing competen
) nurses. In the Fifth Dist let (Algiers
e there is no improvement. Rev. Fathe
Kratz, of Vaudeville, La, died there of ye
q low fever. DIR. Kennedy, a ~voluntee
physician from Ga'veston, Texas, was take
: down with the fever.
l New Orleans, October s.: Sixty-thre
deaths and two hundred and eighty min
, cases since Sunday noon. The fever ha
attacked the families of the most OF tn
State officers, and business at the STAFF
house is virtually suspended. fhe situation
c is unchanged.
On the outskirts of Chattanooga, on tn
. Sth, a camp was established, and many pei
pie began moving out. Physicians an
. funds muci needed.
: At Vaudeville, La, Frank. Goodbee wa
! shot through the heart and instantly kille
by George Chevillan, in an altercatio
d growing out of a discussion as to the PR
i priety Of calling on the Howard Associate
for aid.
! G. w. Rogers writes from Vicksburs
IL " >tOUCl - 1IOm 4diAuidh3 bds1 bnCAt
: miles, and Delhi, thirty.eight miles distan
on the V. s. & T. R. R., the news comes {
an increase in the fever and suffering, an
the Towards are urgently requested to sen
! help and supplies at once. When the feve
= made its appearance at Lake, Mississippi
e the popula ion was two hundred and fit,
e and out of this number there hay
d been two hundred and thirty.ninepases an
e sixty-four dea his. The fever was not vel
- fatal until after the 18th of September,
> which time a heavy rain fell, washing tt
u graves so as to expose some of the decor
posed bodies, and the airing of the beddin
of many of the fever patien
caused it to become very yiolel
;. and battle all medical skill. Fourtee
new cases are reported to-day
Bolton, Miss, and from Edwards, Miss,
le call was made for assistance, but did n
is state the number of the cases there. I'll
IS Towards nave ordered a census to be taks
y out of this city at once SO as to secure
:, correct yellow fever statement.
l. From Memphis, October 10: The Howar
sent out a special train yesterday wi
nurses and supplies for points along Il
Louisville Railroad as far as Paris. By I
h quest of the railroad authorities it pr
ceeded to Erin, forty miles beyond Par