The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-09
YELLOW FEVER. II
THE FEAST OF DEATH.
Hscatombs of Victims Fail to Satisfy
the Hungry Monster.
No Hope for the Stricken Cities Till
the Autumn Frosts.
Bonfires ofTurpentine and Birthstone
Burning in the Streets of
Memphis.
Their Glare Furnishing the Only Clean
to Tighten the Dismal Cloud.
A Frlghtful List Added to the Roll Of
the Dead.
.CJ3 .l1lfk -
The Situation Horrible Beyond De-
scription.
Neither Tongue Nor Pen Can Tell the
Dreadful Tale.
Their Glare Furnishing the Only Clean
to Tighten the Dismal Cloud.
A Frlghtful List Added to the Roll Of
the Dead.
The Situation Horrible Beyond De,
scription.
Neither Tongue Nor Pen Can Tell the
Dreadful Tale.
MEMPHIS.

Uread1ul ale.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, September 7-12:S0 p. N.-The
yellow fever continues unabated, and
many active workers among the sick are
being stricken down. Al. Wheeler, Sec
retary OF the Masonic Relief Board, is
dying. Four nurses in the employ OF the
Board have died, and four others are sick.
J. B. Cook, architect, and DR.. d. ID. San
ders are down with the fever, Rev. G. g.
Parsons, rectorof Grace Episcopal Church,
died last night; also Mrs. Ann Philmont
and Frank Gates, son OF Samuel NJ. Gates.
Miss Mollie Gates is down with the fever.
The physicians and nurses from Wash
ington reported for duty to the Howard
Association this morning. LIE.
There is pressing need for experienced
nurses. Ten dollars per day have been
yainly offered for nurses, and many OF the
sick lie in their rooms without proper at
tention, owing to the inability OF the Re-
lief Associations to supply the calls for
nurses. Although there are many negroes
in the city, few Of them can be persuaded
to wait upon, or even approach sick per
son. A majority OF those who do hire as
nurses for the big pay offered are inetti-
cient.
Fifty.four deaths arereported up to noon
to-day, and one hundred and three for the
twenty-four hours ending ut noon. s7
eMENrHls, TESS., September 7-SP. NJ
Our city is reduced 10 desperate strait.
II seems utterly impossible to secure men
enough to bury the dead promptly, and to
burn infected clothing and disinfect prem
ises.' The Mayor has been down several
days. There Is but one officer oil the city
government on his feet, and the Board OF
Health, on account OF sickness OF its mem-
bers, is unable to get quorum together.
Prominent members OF the Howard Asso-
citation to-day called upon Major William
Willis to take the head OF affairs in the
city, which he refused to do, but pledged
the support OF himself and the Citizens
Relief Committee to the acting Mayor in
all measures for the public good.
I County undertaken Walsh was arrested
to-day for refusing to pay extra wages to
the men who run the dead carts, and
which extra compensation was ordered by
the Citizens Relief Committee, and which
the committee agreed to pay. After q
short detention he was released. -..t
Hon. II. Casey Young has taken in hand
the work OF thoroughly fumigating the
ctty by means OF burning turpentine and
birthstone. Chief McFadden, of the Fire
Department, will place his force on duty
keeping up the bon-fires, while us soon as
the artillery sent for arrives, the concus-
sion test will be applied. Contributions
Of articles needed in carrying out this plan
will be received by Colonel Young.
Six physicians reported l23 new cases
for to-day to the Board Of Health, and the
undcrtakers nincty-iive yellow fever inter-
ments. Among the dGathsarc A. J. Wheel
er, Secretary OF the Masonic Relief Board;
A. o. Schultz, W. T. Powell, Alex. Cum
Minis, Samuel Tighc, d. +. Fuller, Of the
4ippeal typographical corps; James Cruz
shank, oil the ArHldnche, and DR.. Williams,
q volunteer physician from Woodburn,
.Amongthe new cases are: Mr.. Hargrvc,
Assistant Superintendent Of the Howard
Infirmary; F. W. Royster, jun, George
Dickinson, ]. W. Mcdonald, 0apt. Pat
Haley, P. Connell, W. a. McElroy, Of the
Herald, and Sisters Catherine, Thiela and
Constance.
S.A. Taylor, Chairman Of the Board OF
Relief, Independent Order OF Mutual Aid,
sends the following: "0ur funds are near
" exhausted. We have forty sick: seven
teen deaths. In Gods name, send us aid"
Applications for nurses continue to pour
into the office OF the Howard Association,
but they are not to be had. Some relief
organizations are paying their nurses ten
dollars per day, and still cannot get enough
to care for all the sick.
]. Harvey Mathes, editor Of the Ledger,
and General s. Miller were taken down
tonight. DR.. Mead, Of Kentucky, n volun-
teer physician, died at the infirmary to-
night. Very Reverend NJ. Riordan, v.
g., st. Patrick's Church, is convalesccnt.
A. D. I.angstaff, President OF the Howard
Association, states to one and oil, most em-
phatically that no more unacclimated ply
sicians or nurses from the North will be
accepted. Their presence here is only
adding fuel to the flames. It Is matter
OF n few days only ere they are taken sick,
and thus increase the labor OF those who
are irving to stamp out the plague.
The number Of sick is hourly Increasing.
The Howarls tonight have eleven hun
dred nurses on duty, three hundred OF
whom, perhaps, have had no food for
twenty.four hours, owing to the inability
OF the Howartls to take or send them food.
The situation is becoming desperate.
Thousands of negroes arc still in the city,
kept here by free rations. A meeting OF a
few prominent citizens will be held to-
morrow morning, at which 1t isprobablc
a Committee OF Safety will be formed to
take charge Of the city, and adopt meas.
ures, II necessary, to drive people out OF
the city by force who cannot be forccd,to
I 90 by consideration for their personal
safety. .>s ~
Dr.. Nuttall was taken sick tonight.
10 ,at NEW ORLEANS.
NEw ORLEANS, September 7-Noon.-
/ New cases, 232; deaths, II. Among the
deaths to-day Is Willis X. Woolf, tele.
graph operator, aged 20 years. He was a
i native OF Alabama.
At the Peabody Subsistence Association
the news received from different parts OF
the country is very favorable. From all
sides communications arrive rendering SER
vices and offering contributions and sup
plies In answer to letters addressed by the
:. Association. In q few days large supplies
4 are expected, and the Association will be
enabled TO increase its distributions. In
view OF the increase in the demands for
assistance and supplies, the Association
has concluded to open another bureau al
the corner OF Lafayette aud Commerce
. streets. ~ ~
The Peabody Association issued 1891
The Seven Wise Men Of New Orleans
, appeal for aid to their brethren in othel
I States Contributions may Bes ADDRESSED
to R, King Cutler, Grand Archon.