Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-25
Yellow Fever,

reported fer yesterday IS deaths and lS9 Dew
cases. The tota! Der of cases to date S, III,
and the total number ct deaths 2.572.
It was officially announced at the ottico OF
the Board Of Health yesterday morning that
DR.. kibbco died at tie Hotel Dleu at eleven
o clock Monday night. Dr.. Morley, q yellow
fever specialist is said to be quite low With fever.
Reports indicated that the fever continues
spreading in tho dire,tion of CarrolltoD, and 10
the rear of the third DISTRICT. The deaths !n'
Guide nineteen under seven years. Among the
new cases gro II. g. Miller and Thomas j.
Rogers, telegraph operators. Mrs. Barnes is
improving. Her sixteen year old son is in his
fourth relapse, and is not expected to live
through the day. Two more OF Barnes chill
dren have The fever Richard Nugcnt, Leonard
=. Lambert, G. L. Roth and Samuel Nathan
ere also dead.
From noon to 6 y. NJ ID deaths were report
ed, and Isl cases, cI which SIS date prior 10 the
2lst The fever is spreading through the
country. In addition to the PLACES heretofore
reported, it has appeared at Kicoboc pla1ta.
ton, on Bayou Tcohe, Terreaux Beetles, 81.
Bernard parish, and Stsiford's Landing, Casa-
houla parish.
Among the dead today is DR.. George w.
kibbe, Of New York, the inventor OF the fever
cot. An evening paper says his attending ply
sican, DR.. Chopin, reported last evening, from
the Hotel Dcu, that bis patient was improving.
| 1t seems, however, that Dr. Kibbe's tempera-
lure gradually fell to ninety eight degrees by six
o'clock yesterday evening, and from that tine
It was almost an i'm feasibility to take his tenn
pclaturc as he would not allow The thermomc.
ter to be placed in his mouth Thelc ,torth to
Inc time Of his death the temperature rose, and
when last taken registered lO degrees. At.
tcmpta were made to administer stmuIanIs bat
TIC patcnL'a stomach would not retain them
ant! he finally, 10 a state o. utter pr0stralon,
died. The case Isl lamcntabIo one. The Doc
tor came here on a mission Of mercy, having
full iailh 10 his fever cot and bydropathic treat
mcnt. They have been tested; aud though
successful in other Instances thay failed 10 his
| Own case, and he is now numbered with the
| hast that have fallen before the tramp of tho
saffron s:ccd. Ills memory will long be cher.
ishcl anorg those on whose behalf he rlsked
| his life ard died.
GREENvILLE, Sept. 25.-Dr. Samuel Walker
is sick. Over 800 cases to date aud 2lO deaths.
No decrease. Fever spreading in the country.
The Mayor and Marshal arc dead. Very lew
arc left. Great trouble is experienced in burype
the dead.
Deaths, ]; new Gases, al, OF Baton Rouge.
Total cases, 1884, 25 deaths, IS under treat
mcnt, and II discharged at Morgan City.
The fever is increasing. Two new cases and
one death, William Brook, railroad man, at
Water Valley.
| CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 25.-There have beoD
four deaths and three new cases Of yellow fever
during the past twenty. four hours. The Board
Of Health advises those who can to leave the
! CITY, az the disease is assuming worse type.
| VICKsBURG. Sept. 25.-The weather is clear
and YARN, with the thermometer st %. Many
relapscs have been reported. The weather
sccus to have q bad effect on The conValesc:nts.
Only three deaths, the smallest number IN sew.
cfal weeks. Number Of new casos unknown.
| It, is thought President Rocl:W0Od, Of Towards,
will not survive to night kilograms report
olO deaths iu GreenviIlc, Miss, up to date.
| New cases are not Sd numerous, Tor want or
material.
4 dispatch has bccn received from Milan,
| Te5D., rcpcr;ng a stampede at Milan 90 sc.
cunt Of Two deaths yesterday and to day. DR..
Boyd and wife and servant are also down, sup
| posed with yellow fever. Business ct ell kirds
is suspended generally.
Twenty.tbreo new Gases of yellow fever and
enc death have been reported for the past
twenty four hours at Canton.
| There have been three deaths Of Terry 10 the
past twenty four hours. At Osyka there are
eighty cases to date aud eight deaths. Many
| arc cjnVaesclng.
LATER
New York, September 25.-Dcctor N. A.
EIindIey who arrived here on Sunday from
Memphis yesterday personally reported to the
health authorities, at quarantine, that he was
sulI:rlog FROM yellow fever DR.. Vanderpoe
examined the patient and concluded that it was
yellow fever 10 its Dcipeut stage.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 2l.-Bob Britain, tx-
Councilman from the Fourth ward, Henry
TazZ!, we'll known barber. and John Esja, cap
tGio OF tie fire steamer No. ., were stricken
with yellow fever TO day.
Dir. Il. 3. Maury, partner Of r. ". Mitchell
medical director of the Howard Association, is
down with the fever at ellis Station, two miles
east OF this city. The condition Of Charles 6.
Fisher, chairman of the CilzcDs Relief Com
mitec, is considered critical, as IS also that CT
6. d. Laudram.
Twenty three physicians Of the Howard
Mndical Corps report ll9 new cases.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Sept. 2I.---Twcn!y
Dew cases and the following deaths are reported
for the twenty four hours, ending at p. N.
to day -
Pleasant Henderson, Denus Jefrcs, X.
Telooncr, ID. Allen, Nancy Allen. james Mabel,
Wu. Classy, j. W. Feunell, M. d., Willie
Costello and Amelia Maughn. At the earnest
solicitation Of the relief committee DR.. A. Il.
Goodrich, of New Orleans, has consented to 20
to Grasd Juacion to morrow. There is great
suffering there and a train bearing doctors and
MUSES. irGn NcR Orleans is of the track below
here.
NlIEAN, Tenn. SEPT. 25.-Nan was ex-
excited this morning in consequence Of the
death Of DR.. j. &. Boyd and bis wife. Mrs.
Boyd IVES taken down last Thursday and died
on Monday. DR.. Boyd was taken down last
Friday and died on Sunday. A negro cook was
s:rcI;2n On Monday morning. A general
stampede ct whites aud blacks to tho country
occurred to- day. Bueinc:s is entirely suspended.
A Howard Association il to be organized a!
nprr.
MEMPHIS, Sept oj.-Dsath continues to
hold its Own with fearful tonacity. From noon
yesterday up to noon to day forty FIVE deaths
have occurred, Of which twenty-five we're re.
noricd this morning The weather grows