Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-24
YELLOW Fever,

134. Total cases to this GATE, I9'z' u
deaths, 2. 5l4.
CAPTAIN Thomas Tayler, formerly master OF
the steamboat Erie Ten, died ct Bay st.
Louis Saturday Of yellow fever. Dr. Chopin
reports Dr.. kibbee coD7alcscen. uader the
cold water treatment with the use OF his
pstcnt cot Dr.. Wiley X. Fort, W. X, Mar
dcy;llo AID S. Hale have recovered from at
tanks Of yellow fever. Co.. Harde. Stale En'
rinccr and member Of the Board of Health, ls
Teported very low With fever. Sister Mary
Elizabeth Barns, a natige of Boston, died yes
terdsy Of fever,
A da!irous yellow fever patient, undressct
and seggarai1g violently, was arrested by the
police ct al carly hour yesterday morning, at
the co1rcr Of Burgundy and Barracks streets.
The man has since died.
MEMPHIS, Sept 24-The weather has
turned warm again, which is favorable to the
spread of the DISEASE among those who yet re-
main we'll. Since Sunday plight the names OF
John G. Nieman. Alex. ". Mcdonnell and
John ". Lewis appear among those who nave
| died. Martin Griffin, cashier Of the German
| National Bank, was taken down yesterday
| forenoon. This will not interfere with the
busjafs, of the bank, as cx-Mayor John
johnson, Superintendent Of the Howard Asso.
| cis ton nurses. has taken CHARGE and will keep
tio institution open. Theodore Hoist. the
undertaken is reported as dying II. H. Cu,
trous condition is quito favorable. General
Luke e. Wright, James Prestidgc and y. T.
Porter have charge of the business OF the Gil
zcns' Relief Committee. Among tho conva'
! lcscents seen or the streets to day were Judge
Archibald Wright aud II. ButtoDbeSg.
| GooI- L-oDt tho rofed (lc,HI
mondc establishment, the Mansion House, has
discharged all her female inmates and is taking
yellow fever patients in her elegantly furnished
rooms. EciDg herself 80 expert in the man
accmcnt CT the disease, she is personally Sill.
pcriutcGGng the nursing OF all the patients
One, wo lcaro, has already couga!esccd IN that
| establishment.
Later.--Annic Cook, tho woman who,
after long life Of shame. ventured all she
had CT lifo and property for the sick, died
yesterday morning at o'clock Of yellow fever,
which she contracted while nursing her patients.
4 letter from P!aquemine says: The total
cases ct yellow fever have been It's; deaths to
date, G5. = The fever is now spreading IN the
rear of the town, causing distress and woe to
| the most humble. Even the oolored people
are taken down rapidly. DR.. Schwing is re.
covering. Ho lest bis brother and two child.
req. The HoWagd Association sent UP with
| Dr.. M2gcc twelve nurses. and the first week
they ,?crc here Gyo of them wero taken down
aad one died. Several families had every oEc
doTE; some as many as five 10 ten. This is
tic most gloomy town wss ever 10; GO work
ior the roor ard no trade or business for merch.
! ants. Every day looked like Sunday. God
! ou!y knows what tie poor would suffer had it
not been for the generous contributions which
cnsbled the Howard Association to conc to
| their relief as they have dooc for the third
| time"
:. Baton Rouso dispatch announces the
! lever. The EoHaEds have received tho io!-
iGseiog tglraraDa:
| "luuBoDEAUX, La, Sept 23.-We have
rta0:. OF nurses Tor the present. The disease
prevailing IS yellow fever, but. very mild
;ic c2sc5 to date il lIabaGiev!lle sEa its TIcDty
ouubar l5Q a1d 50 deaths.
y telegram lgom Nlarila, TeDn., eags the
condition Of thugs there is deplcfable 10 the
| absence Of any organized system of relief
| i'wo deaths there ia the last twenty four hours.
Several o.:.ega arc down with The fever. among
t;cni ". Z. j ohnaop, railroad agent, and wife,
Ovens Express agent and Ben Poyntcr ope-
:atos. HjekDap, Ky, reports four death and
ten new cases to-day.
A. canton The uew cases are twenty three
a1;s tho dls;ha ono. The weather is cloudy
with some rain. No abatement 10 the fsver
50 IA: az He2: eases ere concerned. About two
thirds Of iho whites have had the fever. BIZ!
Great nary 2cGrGcs have not yet had it.
CamYlci, :be taIenrspher, is aown With the
iey&r.
1t E&!ca Rouge tie aew cases for the past
;or:y eight hours we're eighty SIX, and the
deaths threa.
~ Hcliy Srriogs there have bean 90 new
| cascs acd Q dcatha. There ere bat six physi-
c:acs GO duty. Dr Lewis was taken down
ais :uasning. DR.. Scgur is strong enough fer
.;uy snG DR.. Sheldon is doing well.
.ittr; arc forty cases OF fever remaining at
| the Louisville Hospital, but they are ell re1u
gees from the Injected districts, not siugle
! caao iayi0g occurred among the resldcnts.-
| Ten were discharged from the hospital yestc1-
Cay caavacsc3nt. The treatment has been ro-
! markedly successful and only three OF the re-
rla!aiog forty are 10 critical condition. Nine
deaths occurred during the past week.
| FICKsBURG, Miss, Sept. 24.-Wcatber
i clear and warm; light raia last night and carly
this morning; thermometer OIL. Six deaths
On Sunday and twenty new cases. oday
seven deaths are reported, QUO OF them from
the country. The Vcksburg Howard Asso-
CiAtiGu VIII SCGu W lUOlIUw luc slchucI A2le
Dickson to Grccnvillc, Miss, conveying money,
contributions, Ice, provisions, doctors, and
nurses. Ihe fever hes decreased so much
here that visitiog physicians and nurses are
goiog 10 ether points.
Yellow fever is reported at Delta, La,
three miles below Vioksburg.
kilograms to-day from Delhi state that tbs
fcycc is decreasing.
Communication With GreCnVllc, Miss, BY
telegraph, has haen Interrupted some time,
tho country people refusing to allow the re.+
paircr to 20 through. The following have
recently died there: Judge n. j. Nelson,
Abe Smith, old Mr.. Norris Columbus Heard,
W. 7. kreschman, cashier; Miss Helen Feo-
lay, Mrs. Hassberg, and Rolf MARSHALL. Mrs.
Kretchnan and Nancy Hassberg are reported
recovering.
LATER.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 24.-Thc folio wing
expa les itself:
JACKSON, Miss, Sept 23,-To tho Free
Mssups and Odd Fellows CT the u, SIN