The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-10-08
THE YELLOW FEVER PLAGUE.
MourntuI Tldings from the Raleagured
Cities Of the South,

MEMPHIS, October 4.-The weather is
turning warm, and there is no decrease
IN the number of new cases reported
from noon, yesterday until noon, to-day.
Thirty-fve deaths have occurred. There
is reported, this morning, among those
who died since last night, Sister Francis,
matron in charge of the Home Orphan
Asylum, Robert Kendall, Mrs. ]. Ii.
Kerr and son, Willie, 7. +. pritchott,
George M. Wood and J. r. Heinrich,
Mrs. Kerr and family were refugees from
the city, but returned last Sunday As
a warning to others, the following publ
cation is made. 1t having come to our
knowledge that some parties who had
fled the city at the outbreak of the cpl
idemic, have returned, contracted the fe-
YER and died, it is the duty, by the rcso.
luton of the Howard Association. to
warn refugees that, owing to the fact
that we have all wo can do to nurse and
care for those who me here, fthey come
back before the epidemic has been otiic-
tally declared over, they will do 80 at
their own risk, and with almost GER
tainty of having provided for themselves
a case Of sickness. Our present obliga-
lions are as many and as weighty as we
can carry, and cannot, without breaking
down, assume any more. Refugees must
not return. Tho fate of those who have,
should be warning to all.
BROWNSVILLE, TENN, October 4.-The
situation is still bad. Thera has boon n
falling off in deaths in the last forty
eight hours, and our sick are doing well.
Our medicines are nearly exhausted.
JACKSON, Mss, Oct 4.-Fever spread
ing. One death yesterday, and one case
of black vomit to-day.
Ten or fifteen cases are under treatment,
and the indications are that the foyer
will be declared epidemic in a day or
two.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Sept, %, 1875
DR.. Luke p. Black burn reached here last
night from Chattanooga and leaves again
tomorrow morning for Louisville, Ho
says that the situation at Louisville is of
such 0 nature thot he considered it his
duty to return there and do all that was
possible for his own people.
DR.. Blackburn says the fever is dis
tinctly traced to the steamer Russia
which came into Now Orleans from
Havana on the 18th of May, with 1000
boxes of sugar. This disease spread
from this source. 1t has been carried to
Memphis, Grenada, Brownsville. 1t did
not originate at any of these places.
The fever at Hickman, Ky, was direct
" tracoable to two apple boys, who
went on an infected steamer and were
taken with the black vomit. The two
men who nursod died. Their house ad
joined that of the Millett family, which
was soon desolated, and SO it continued
to spread as small pox. 1t did not orig
nate at Chattanooga, A women from
Memphis died with it near Father Ryan's
house, on the highest elevation in Chatta-
nooga, and infected that noighborhood.
The BARRIERS wife, who washed the wo-
mans clothing, in an other part of town
died from it and infected that portion.
The disease rapidly increased and Chat
tanooga, said Mr.. Blackburn, would suf
fer the disasters Characteristic of Hick.
man, Memphis and Grenada. The whites
then 1t would sweep the negroes.
The theory OF elevations and malaria
had been completely dispelled. There
was only one way to keep yellow fever
out OF this country, and that through
the passage Of q law by congress estab-
fishing and enforcing most rigid quar-
antine on the Gulf and Atlantic coast.
Union City, Tenn, had demonstrated the
utility Of a rigid quarantine. 1t was be-
tween Hickman and Martin, and sur.
rounded by swamps. 1t had enforced
most rigid quarantine, and no case has
ever appeared there. Two of her citi-
zens had gone out succored, and burr.
ed tramp, and they are now under pay
at 50 per day from the town to keep
away until after the appearance of
frost.