The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-22
YELLOW FEVER'S RAVAGES.
ONE HUNDRED IND SEVEN NEW CASES
IN NEW ORLEANS.
Negroes Dropping Down In Grenada Like
shecp-The Fever Spreading 10 All Parts
OF Memphis and the Death Rate Incre asing.

"T Times here are awful fever as bad MS ever.
| Send money by express to pay nurses and bury
| the dead Yours all we'll as far as can learn.
| The following persons have just died: Mrs. J.
T.. Hughes. Miss Maria Mole. the Bishops
daughter; DR.. wilkins. and Mrs. II. Cofiman.
Miss Kate Cofrman died yesterday Twelve
| others also died yesterday"
GRENADA. Aug. 2i.-Scvcn yellow fever pa
ticnts have died to-day. Negroes are dropping
down like sheep. and will not help each other.
| Nnctytwo deaths upto date.
MEMPHIS. Aug. 21.-A despatch TO the Ara
idnche from W. j. Smith. cc-Prcsident OF tho
| Memphis Howard Association. at Grenada,
| Miss. says that five por cent. OF the
| whole population have dicd. Seventy
five negroes were taken down to-day.
| The New Orleans doctors arc dumbfoundcd at
the malignity OF the disease Mr.. Smith adds:
Our efforts arc paralyzed for want OF proper
remedies We are short Of lemons. ice. beef
tea and in fact. all kinds OF nourishment for
! the sick."
Nsw ORLEANS. Aug 2i.-To-day's yellow fe-
yer reports show i07 cases and 40 deaths. Total
number OF cases to date .iG2 total number of
| deaths to date. 1876 The doa,h list to-day in
| cludos Gov Pascal NJ. Hernandez OF san Luis
| Potosi. Mexico; Col Fred II. Strout. MAJOR j. L.
| Austin. Walter Farrant. Lewis Alcus-the latter
at Bay St. Louis. T'peS reporter has visited
a number of prominent physicians with view
to learning tho percentage of mortality from
| yellow fever among their patients. and thus ar
rive Mt about general percentage OF deaths
| urou-hout inc CITY According TO tho pub
| lishcd reports OF tho Board ~ Health tho
deaths are about thirty-tx per cent when viii; is
| largely in excess of the actual proportion. This
| is oyident when Il is shown that whereas all
deaths are reported. "a il is necessary TO do So,
| TO get certificate OF burial a large number OF
Eases OF iever. actually IN existence. are not
| Of physioians 10 make reports and again i'm
eases whero patients are without medical aiten-
hcr " persons rcpSr,cd Sick is chiefly duo H.
the latter cau.e. brought nbou, by tRe exer.
! ont ,y,ry c,se of fever which otherwisn whit
pcrhnps hc known only 10 a row. Plysicians
| iuteryicvr,l on th,, suh,rt while ni,rsain, TINT
tbe nrrc"ntlg, of dn,fbs A. nnmr, Inv ill., ,i r"
| mont. was Ir,ater than really cxis,ni vel were
urnctiee ms death. uud r tIeir treatment nii,bt
! h. miscoustrurd by tho hubble INTO iIc1inur.
trnsy' Tho actual pcrrcntarr of The moriaiity
nj ,in,,n, " n, nnor linn tv n,c me-
cent ~
! POM Fans In Aug 2i-Five now cnsas ~
! yellnw fever have bnen renortnd hnra since yes
tcrinv Thorr have been no deaths.
co,'.. ~ y,il,,,, f,y,r ,,r und,r ,r'e,,n,,t ~,
| Their were twelve deaths during the pasttwcn,
ty-four hours among them H. IL shelby a law
| var Amnn,, thr nn,S ,nsss 10 'iav ara nr mi
| TOUR thn Ii"aith Onirer anu DR. {ohhins ~
| 4 despa,ch from Port Gibson Miss. says that
yellow
| and tint two nniients hnvr dini Fugitivna from
| ocean springs report TINT OF the nine case,
| thern as,,n Lavn nrnycd i",ai ~ ~ ~
There are estimates 81 G,tv now cases ~ VOL
low fever here during the past twenty four
| thcm from yellow fever The nnneals II Tho
| Howard Association and Masonic orders for
relief are being responded to from all direc-
| JACKSON Miss Aug 2l-Tho manic pro-
| ducei by the yellow fever is unpara'elei Peo-
rection. Ja~fson is aim6s, drseStcd Business
OF ali kinds il suspcndeI and nothing l.
| The Situation il truly horrible
| SUMMIT. Miss Aug 2l-A family Of seven
have been stricken down with yellow fever t,ur
day The health ofthis city Is cyDellent mree,
excitement prevails. Tho city and county is
| being rigidy quarantinc1.
MEMPHIS. Aug. 2l.-Rcports from tho various
relief committees and the Board of Health up TO
noon show that the hopes Of abatement were at
| lcast premature Last night and this morning
there was quite an increase in the number of
| new cases twenty-five being reported from 8 T.
VI. Yesterday to noon to-day. There is also an
increase in the doa,h rate, tho Howards alone
reporting eight deaths with the reports u some
visitors not in. Another feature developed this
morning ia that no part of the city ENJOYS inn
munity from the plague. rs the cases reported
nd frGn n S the ae s sSSiTa o par
Relief IL being received by tho Citizens Com
ing a,ailing themselves OF the use Of tents to
got their families out OF the city.
Hopes were entertained yesterday from the
that tho fever was abating. but they wore dis
PEELED to-day by an increase of over ono hun
tlred per cent. both in tho number Of deaths
and new cases. there being twelve of the former
and tty OF the latter reported for the twenty
four hours ending at ) T. NJ The work If
caring for the sick is being brNely carried on
| by relief organizations, and families are being
removed 10 the country. No portion II the city
Is now exempt from tho dread visitation. Ala
continues to reach Us from all parts Of the
country and f. sadly needed. DcStitution and
suffering are increasing with the spread Of tho
fever.
Tho colorcd population, which is now largely
I'm tho minority, are acting well in heartily 60
| operating with the whites meeting has bcen
called by the prominent colored men for the
purpose Of organizing TO assist the whites IN re-
lleving distress and guarding property which
tho pooplo in tho panic OF last week. left un-
guarded Among tho most efficient on the POI
lice force now are the negroes. The appear
Hnce Of the sky tonight ind Gates rain, which is
much dreaded. MS wet weather would Increase
the, spread Of ihs fever and lessen the chances
| OF the recovery ut those now sick.
hrolhgt OF Lieut. fountain, L. ;. A.. wns
| p,rmisslon tn innd heinu dsnied an thr ono
| st.i.. Ia Ir,us,,t him, tIr,u.rh VT \ froirfo