San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-11-23
Nes., p Men ana me Plague.

Newspaper NE" an" I'VE f't"O"e.
Thc Anpcoi Office first lfcit tho Hdw.
One after one its force was taken down,
until Colonel J. Heating, the editor in
charge, was editor, reporter, foreman
and compositor. He never gave up
but once, and that was when, out Of
twenty, eompositors, only one was left
able to stand at his case. Fred Bren-
nan, the city editor, was among the
early victims, md had the black yopit
three times; but his courage never fail
ed, and he finally recovered. While
W. S. Brooks, the telegraph editor. was
sick, his mother, vito and son died, and
he now lives heart broken man. Mr..
Eugene Moore, temporary commercial
editor, WINS token down, hut he fought
through. Eight compositors died, and
eight lived through. Two died from
the press room. Henry Noodle was The
hero among, the printers, and itislnow
a question whether the paper could
have ,been got outA without his l'lhelp.
Taking kassappeal' Office as q whole.
there were but two persons, out q
forcsof thirty-eight, who did not have
the fever, These were Colonel Heating
and Mr.. Noodle. ,ar .s,ts a, - -,
The s.4ralancAe eau, tell q similar
story. When the plague began its ad-
vance there. were ffty-four men em-
ployed in it's several departments. OF
them but two remain Major f. s.
Nichols, part owners and present editor,
and NJ. W. Lud, bookkeeper, neither of
whom has been thus far assailed, Twelve
have died, twenty-four are sick. or con
valesciag. and eight are absent from the
city. When the disease first manifested
its presence, Colonel. Kellar, editor-in-
chief, was in Chicago, He started home
immediately and when he reached
Nashville. acting upon the advice Of
his colleagues, he halted in that city.
d. A. Brewer, managing editor, and
w. +. Trash, commercial editor, left
the city, and, thus the editorial force
was limited to Herbert Iandruni, city
editor, who, Jointly with F.iS. Nichols
and r. A. Thompson, business mama
ger, conducted the publication Of the
paper. Mr. Thompson was taken down
and died, in spite Of his friend Fan
drums careful nursing. Then Landfum
took the fever, but left sick bed to 60
on with his duties, had relapse in con-
sequence, and died. Four Of the 4yg-
la'acle compesitors died. : .yss9
All of the regulars in the composing
room of the Evening Ledger, except
Kavanaugh, Reneau and Holland, the
foreman, obtained furloughs on the
coming Of the fever, and 10 these three
men alone is due the papers continued
existence. Kavanaugh was the first in
the composing room to "turn rule"
but after protracted struggle he re-
covered, and is now once more at the
case. John H, Tory died; S. L. Re
neau and E. l.. Holland were also taken,
but recovered, as did f. Whitmore, Of
the counting-room and Allen Avery,
the engineer. 4t 80
The Evening Herald has been forced
into temporary suspension. The com
positors became food for the plague,
scarcely one escaping, and those en-
ployed in the business department seek
ing more congenial climes, the force was
reduced to editor McGlory and city ed
itor Barinds, With this. diminished
complement the paper was continued
until the 18th of August. Mr.. J. W.
Walker, of the Herald, died. Mr.. Ba-
rinds has thus far escaped, and now oc-
cupies the position Of associated press
agent, made vacant by the death of X.
r. Catron, his leisure time being devo-
ted to relieving the distress and desti-
tuition, which are to-day the most promi-
nent factors of daily life in Memphis.--
Memphis Appeal" n