Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-03

DAILY Thirty-six Deathsilp MsmphisCor
responding Decreasesat New Orleans
Total Deaths in New Orleans to Date
-, s10-eontinued spread--of the Disease
in Interior Towns-A Physician Who
asIstioks 10 His Remedies Succumbs.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept. 299ss-1The fever is evil
IDENTIFY on the decrease. DIR. Mitchell, medical
director, informed me this was the case this
evening, though it was spreading lin the coun-
try. Additional nurses were sent to Paris,
Germantown and Collierville this afternoon,
Also to Decatur, Alabams. There is great
falling off in applications for supplies at the
relief department, due to careful investigations
made by the committee into the needs of petit
tioaless- Ebip h.s beeprdetsrmined upon by the
conduct Of the. negroes, as they have been seen
exchanging their rations for whisky, tobacco
clothing, ETC., as soon as they get beyond the
observation of the supply officers.
MEMpH1s, Sept. o. To-day has been . re-
markedly quiet one. sThirtystwo deaths from
yellow fever are officially reported by the board
of health for the past twenty -four hours ending
Among those who have died since last evening
are P. Tutrke, "a volunteer physicians from Gin
cinnati;a Thos. Chaplain, Sam .DEyfuss Alb
emstein, Miss Helen Tomey, and Jos. M.
Tate. j. g. Langsdale, ST., lis reported
dying; J; R. Dale p: T: Easily and
ale VEIL George Pesboagssa sss Il
the orphan asylum, and ". J. P. Doyle, an ex-
ecutive member of the citizens relief commit
tee, were taken down to-day. Hon. Casey
Young has, oonyas escea and was on the streets
Boggs and wife are reported out of danger.
DR.. Louis Bryan, recently detailed for duty
at Germant0wn, ,Tenn-.s reports having found
twenty-f five cases of fever at that city, two sc
whom have since died. They are all within a
radius of half mile, and the local physician
is amply able tosattend them.
OF the thirty-six inmates of the Leath Or
phan asylum, fourteen are down with the fe-
ver,--> Three were stricken to-day. Sister
Francea o. thes Church Home, hasv relspsed.
Eghtof her charges ara II sick. - :.&
To date there has beer 2,648 deaths from
yellow fever.
DR.. R. w. Mitchell, medical director of the
Towards, reports the disease dying out, only,
however, for want of material. -.s
Twenty-Five physicians of the Howard med
ical corps report ninety-one new cases.
G. R. Langford, volunteer telegraph opera
tor, is dead. ,z.~.
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LOUISVILLE, Sept. F29.:@The stories IF yellow
fever here are entirely disproved by the num-
Der of country people here, the total want of
excitement and the fact that all are pursuing
their usual avocations and nobody is anxious
to move away. Railroad agents here say travel
is lighter than it has been for some time past.
yICKsBURG.rA
V1cKsBuRa, Miss, Sept. ,29.-Reports from
some of the landings above Vicksburg are bad
and growing worse daily. request was made
on the Towards yesterday for assistance
for Henderson, Skipwith, ulawara, and Wilton,
all within a mile or two of each other, and
about ffty-fve miles from here. At the for
erSplace there have gbeen: 2 deaths and so
cases, and at Goodrich, deaths and 18 cases.
The steamer Kate Dickson left last night with
Father Loray, several Sisters of Mercy, and a
supply Of ice, medicine, and other necessaries
for the sick and destitute.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 29.-Weather clear and
pleasant. Deaths for the twenty-four hours
ending at noon, So; cases reported, 264. Total
ases to date, 9,285; deaths, $50 Of 264 cases
reported at noon only l08 occ urred since Sept.
26. One hundred and forty-three cases dating
from Sept. 7th to the 2sth were reported by
one physician, of which only thirty-five date
since the Goth.
DR.. J. r. Thcus Taylor, lately Of New York,
died at o'clock this afternoon of yellow fever.
DR.. Taylor came here from New York city
about three weeks agosand volunteered his ser
vices - to the Towards: He went
to Morgan City and saganda planta-
During the war DR.. Taylor was medical d.
rector of transportation of the Mississippi de-
partment, on the staff of E. Kelly Smith, and
when the State seminary at Alexandria was
converted into a hospital it was called Taylor
hospital in his honor. ,,,., ,~~,--
some weeks ago and opened store under the
City hotel for the sale Of DIR. Morley's English
remedy, said to be sure cure for fever of every
kind, died at. 8 A. m. of yellow fever. The
doctor showed his faith by. taking his own
remedies, refusing the attendance of three
physicians.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 29.-The following
shows the condition Of the sick telegraphers:
G. P. Smith, Mr.. 8. Sheldon, Thos. Graham,
Robert Parsons, G. ]. Allyn, Paul Leloup and
Frank Delaplaine have all been on the streets.
The two last named were; each in, bed six DAYS.
GIFT 81. GottriH& is sitting 1up.s. Mr. Miller,
Jas. Mallory, Mr.. Matthews and Tom Rodgers
are progressing favorably. J. Fitzimmons, an
active member Of the telegraphers' relief com.
OF tho ten original members seven have
a dispatch from Holly Springs to the Z. M.
@. A. announces the death there of Charles Fl.
Walker, visiting member from Hartford, Con-
necticut.
City reports the fever increasing, and asks for
money to pay nurses and enable the relief COM
mittee to bury the dead.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 29.-Applications for
relief to the Young Mems Christian association,
"a; Howard association, 353. ''fI'".'''
'. '....' lt.':- 9HoLLY SPRINGS. ..'t
-, HOLLY SPRINGS, Sept. %. This is the fourth
Sunday since the plague begun. New cases to-
day, 20; deaths, z, including Dan Oliver; Geo.
Walker, visiting members of they NC. A.
from Hartford, g.. s...;; 4> ....o .,,,5, II
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 28.-At largely attended
meeting of Southern refugees held at the Louis
vile hotel tonight, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted by hundreds of
prominent citizens of Memphis, New Orleans,
Vickshufg. sG1enhda, Holly Springs. IL Brownss
vile and Hickman, now refugees in this city,
signing it:
Z WHEREAS, Knowing that reports have been
Tslstivs Is Gle hsslaE thereof the UNDERMINED.
citizens of the Southern States, now refugees
here, most respectfully desire to express our
opinion from our. own personal observations
since being ,heEe, that any and all persons de-
siringto visit thi. City csn. do so With absolute
safety that there is no panic among the citi-
zensand we feel no apprehension for ourselves,
our families, or those who are with us.
Among the signers to this are Henry M. Low
snstun. Bent. F. Gowan,gW q. sBuilocks 9. W.
Ritter, Emil Goldbanm, Of Memphis; q. 4.
Jessel, of New Orleans; B. F. Thunas, w. F.
Fowler. of Grenada; VIM. Mullen, of Vicks-
burg, and many others.
The merchants of Louisville severely criti.
cize and condemn the outrageous dispatch sent
out of Cincinnati two days ago as to panic
here.
V1cKsBuRa, Sept. 29.-Weather clear and
warm. Thermometer SO. The fever continues
Increasing aF psinks or thS aver above here,
4tBeyin. and eefer snlac1 Z ran, the cPuntly;
cases now under treatment, $50 cases in all and
3deaths. The majority of the cases are con-
fined to the blacks. The Howard association
of Vicksburg are making every exertion to aid
the sick in the surrounding country. There
were deaths here to-day. Number of new
cases increasing constantly, but mostly among
refugees who have returned from the country.
Five cases reported at jackson, Miss, and /
death last night and to-day.
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