The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-02
YELLOW FEVER.
ANOTHER BAD DAYAT THE SOUTH
unfayOrabIs Weather at New Orleans.
Dlsheartenlng News from Memphis.
ImpositlOns Practlcsd by Swlndling
Applicants for Aid.
Statement from the Surviving Mate Of the
Steamer Porter.
Unfavorable Weather at New orIean
NEW ORLEANS.

I
D NEw ORLEANS, August 3L-New case
to-day, 234; deaths, 4S. ~
Rev. Father c. j. Recchor, a native O.
Buffalo, n. Y, died yesterday Of yellow
fever. The death list to-day include:
, twenty children under seven years. The
following telegram was received this morn
ing, and nurses will leave this afternoon:
"PoRr GIBSON, August 81.
"Prrsident Of Horard association:
"Send ton good nurses, five malo and
five female. Three hundred and fifty
cases. Forty-eight deaths. All broken
down and great distress.
!, "Jos. A. GAGE"
Twenty sick applications for medical aid
were made on Saturday to the Young
/ Mems Christian Association, and thirty for
relief. The thirty seeking reliefarc heads
OF families, aggrcgating Que hundred and
seventy persons. Applications for relief
arc made out in blanks, specifying names,
age, address, number III family, occupation
and reference, who institutes inquiry OF
reference, or makes personal inspection,
the result OF which he embraces under the
head OF remarks. II satisfactory q, printed
ration blank OF tho New Orleans Peabody
Association Is filed out, signed by visit
ing member and stamped blank, and then
is presented to tho Peabody Department,
corner OF Magazine and Lafayette streets,
and supplies issued.
The depot OF the Peabody Association,
corner OF Magazine and Lafayette streets,
opened this morning with good supply
OF flour, meat, sugar, tea and corn meal.
As early as hali-past s applicants made
their appearance and their wants were
supplied. The Tclegrapher's Relief Asso-
station hero sent one hundred dollars to
the sick telegraphers at Grenada.
\ From noon 10 O ?. NJ, twenty.scven
deaths were reported.
Z. W. Barnes, manager OF the Western
Union Telegraph Office in this city, died
to-day Of yellow fever, after twelve days
illness, aged fifty years, He leaves a wife
and eight children.
Henry Hahn, alias Ice, who shot and
instantly killed Henry Murphy, last Sun
day morning, died OF yellow fever to-day
ut the Parish Prison. This is the firstcasc
OF yellow fever at the prison this season.
The death list includes Edward Cell, a
native Of the Isle OF Man; Samuel Moses,
native Of indianapolis, and DR.. J.. Byrne.
The Peabody Subsistence Association
commenced the distribution OF supplies
to-day. They issued 1880 rations to 027
persons The officers Of the Association
report contributions comingin literally.
The following explains itself:
To The Fire Department Of he Union, and all
other kindred charitable organizations:
The Firemen's Charitable Association OF
New Orleans, for the first time in its half
century OF existence, is compelled to make
public appeal for aid. With its $500
active and exempt members and their fam
lilies, with 270 widows, S75 whole and half
orphans; with the inability OF the city to
pay the Department; with an empty treas
ury and widespread epidemic prevailing,
| it finds itself powerlcss TO properly relieve
the sick. In the cause OF humanity it
therefore appeals to kindred charitable
organizations throughout the country for
such assistance Us they can send.
]. n. MARKS,
President,
The Police Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton has appealed to similar associations
elsewhere for assistance. They state that
many members and their families have tho
yellow fever; that the funds OF their asso-
ciation arc exhausted; that they have
received no pay from the city for two
months, and consequently are greatly in
need OF assistance. Contributions may be
forwarded to F. n. Boylan, Chief OF Police.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, August 3l.-The, weather this
morning is bright and warm, butthe clouds
OF woe over our city show no signs OF
breaking. Physicians, nurses, druggists
and undertakers are becoming exhausted
by constant working. DR.. Wise, an active
Young physician, was taken down this
morning at the Board oil Health Office. Up
to noon only seven physicians out OF about
twenty had made their reports OF new
cases, the number aggregating forty-two.
From this 1t will be seen that not moro
than one.half the cases arc reported, and
LtAat tho epidemic is more appalling than
the official reports indicate.
At the county Jail there'aro about twenty
cases OF fever. McWilliams, under SEN
tence to the penitentiary for murder, died
last night, and the negro murderer, Briz-
zell, under sentence OF death, is in dying
condition. At Camp Joe Williams four or
iive deaths occuridaily. The hospital con-
tains about twenty-five sick, and tho worst
Is feared for the poor people living in
tents. Some have become frightened and
returned 10 their homes In the infected
district in the city. Alex. Hum, OF the
Masonic Board Of Relief, is down, and ].
Russells, Of the Odd Fellows Relief Board,
is very low. Undertakers report fity.h
yellow fever interments up TO noon to-day.
Tho official records to-day exhibit l4S
new cases for tho twenty.four hours end
ing ut Q p. IN, and II deaths for the same
period.
five from the Ohio Board Of Health, DR..
Mccormick, Of Indiana, and DR.. L.. I.
Easily, OF Little Rock, arriving to-day.
DR.. Easley was accompanied buy corps
OF thirty nurses.
Among the most recent cases Of fever
, arc II. S. Landrum, city editor Of the Ard-
, idnel<, and P, r, Athey, Chief OF Police.
r. A. Thompson, Postmaster, Is also down
J but doing well. Jos. Russell, Superinten.
dent OF the Odd Fellows Nurses, died and
: was buried to-day.
Our druggists arc worked down, and
i there Is urgent need OF prescription
clerks OF experience and who have had
, the fever. Howard Heyman, druggist,
died to-day, and ]. s. Robinson, ono oi
, our principal druggists closed his estab'
! listment to-day and left the city to get rest,
j. S. Armstrong, Photographer, died oil
fever to-day at Covington, Upton County,
and two other cases are reported there.
The fever continues tosprcad among the
, negroes, whole families being prostrated
J. But II is hoped with the late additions to
/ the medical corps, they will henceforth re
ceivebetter attention,
In front OF the commisssry depot Of the
Citizens Relief Committee to-day iully
, 1000 negroes assembled. All day the
= committee Is laboring hard to meet the
i necessities Of all and good order prevails
i Ata meeting Of tho Howard Association
Q today, a. D. Tangstaif was elected Presi
/. dent.
: Among the new cases reported this
+ evening are Fathers McNomara and Rior
h dan, OF 81. Patrick's Church. Father Err
s,,...,,n n L 4. Had