Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-28
Yellow Fever,

The disease. fears sre cutara1cd that th:y Sill
succuub to the pest:!ince. which still! .cmans
a de7ouging monster in cur midst. ". ".
Thatcher, csshier Ct the First National BaHE,
is dogn With the fever; also J. u. L0Ddscsle,
IT.. treasurer Of the Howard Association ).
r. Dali, volunteer physician fcom Arkansas,
was stricken last night.
From Wednesday noon Until Docn yeaIefI4J
IS deaths occurred.
Among those who have died siace last night
are: Casper Wright, well Known river stc"'
ard; T. S. Moore, r1rsc trom New Orieans'
Sae Slater, sged eighteen, DAUGHTER OF tae
late Rev. T. g. Slater, aud Rev. j. }. Mooo1y'
Catholic priest, who came from Nashville
short time ago to FL! the vacancy csus ID BY Inc
death of Rev. Father Mcnamara. DR.. Paul
Otey' 8 condition is critical. :.
Twenty one physicians OF the Howard medi'
cal corps report one tu1drod and seventeen
new cases. ;,
of the First National Bank, i CRITICAL Ills
illness will 10 no way interfere With The bust
ness of the bank. which is open rs usual Df.
W. E. Rogers is slowly con7a.esci0g. h?Deft
Batter, the druggist, was taxed down TO oisht.
y, L.
City Times, died TO night
New ORLEANS, Sep. 2S.-I esterday' ycl'
low fever reports show 81 dcaths and l22 Jew
CAGES. Total deaths to date, , ,703; total cases,
S,462, The deaths include % children uedcr
seven years. Conralsscepts, Rev. John Mat.
thew, of the Caycgdeet street Methodist
Church: Co.. Haydic cud three chi!dreo, aud
two children Of COL Oseo. The Colonel has
had light case. Dr.. J. T. Taylor, OF New
York, is improViu6.
Harry l.. Smith, the we'll known tclearaphcT,
fer several mouths connected with the New
Orleans Democrat, died yesterday OF yc.lJW
fever, after three days i!iCess,
Thirteea deaths siuce p0oD end onc !u1dieu
cases were reported, OF which thirty eight date
prior to Sept. II. There we're oGe hundre!
aud seventy seven cases reported to tie board
of health for the twenty four hours ending a!
noon, Of which one huoarcd and twenty two
we're included in the official report ard Lilly
five omitted, dating prior to Sept. "A.
Sisters Ambrose and Mary AUD, OF s.. ii z.
abeth Asylum, are dowu with the fever.
At Pass Christian, La, thirty five cases t.
date and four deaths. Twelve arc uDder treat
ment and doing well. The fever is ct I. mild
type.
At Bay ST. Louis there have been 100 clsts
to date and deaths 10 the past tTcaty four
hours
At 40 early hour yesterday morning there
was frightful accident ct the residence ct Dir.
White. Five children OF the household were
Frustrated with yellow fever, onc dying Thurs
day evening and the other later at plight. Tie
two bodies we're LAID ca & table ard covered
With sheet. During last Dight the nurses
went to sleep. The sheet covering the bodics
took fire, and spreading, consumed both
ccrpses. l. is reported that the other children
we're rescued, bu! became 50 agtattd by the
fire as to be 10 critical condition.
HOLLY SPRINGS. Sept. -. There arc about
four hundred people Tor the fever to feed upon,
and quite as man5 in their beds all the 'it1c.-
We have uuderestinatcd the magnitude of tbs
plague. Entire families, some OF them DUH
bering eight to ten, are down With tie disease.
Among the physicians ten have beer STITCHED
down; four Of these have died. Five druggists
have gone down; three have died. u Tie
ministers who have fallen, two are dead. Ii
tie postofce two out Of three arc dead
Several of the nurses have taken Il, 400 some
have not recovered Yesterday the plumber CT
new cases was Eighteen and deaths i've. enc
relief committee yesterday numbered chly Que.
Drs Msnniog, of Austin, TeEss: LOUIS, q
Denisop, Texas; AID Fe1ne,s. Ct ibis place,
have died. Dts. Stgur, OF Louisiana, and
Sheldon, ofthe Can get away Club, OF t,lobilv;
Dra. McKie, Daniels, Dancg, aad West, oi
this place. have had the fever a"d are ri! con
valesceDt.
VICKsBURG, September cs.-Tho fever, IS
Increasing again, CAUSED by IciuEnia ir3la Ice
country returning to Vlcksrurs, tJr tA7 FEVER
is so general throughout WalEcn c1uaiy ih'!
IN; ;Tl
rather than remain id the c)uctry. WHERE
proper treatment is 50 difficult 10 ontso The
deaths yesterday were II, i0cudtcg Sister
Agnes Weaver, Of the Sisters Of Mercy.
The fever is gaining dreadful hesdEay st al
surrouuding points, and re are hourly called
upon for assistance il money, medicines, fco1.
doctors epd nurses sud We MUS. aGsi: nppt2:
10 the world to aid Us r aicvatlcg thclr WAITS.
We arc doing all in cuc power to assist tntir
distress and Taots, but require further asa:s!-
arce, IS VIC are the medium 0f distribution Tor
tho surrounding country i!r il:i; u:!t5. ~
Bovioa, where Tclh ago there ~sa not
case, there are GOV seventy CT eighty CASTS
The fever has also broken out st EiWart!s,
Smiths, AID other stations betTeen this po!nt
aud Nie1idiao, where they have heretofore h"i
no fever.
Tu1BoDzAUx, Sept 2S.-Evary pagsicisa
and DR.. Ltch, sept hare by the Fr3"ch Society
from New Oriaaps, is J1;7n With the tcVer.-
Total cases, 1873; dcathe, IL. This does not
include the couatEy, where the ttVcS !" *frta%i
ing rapidly.
A Iu!l at Baton Rouge CD THURSDAY gave
hope that the fever Was decreasing. The
situation was sgain threatening yesterday
Many persons we're taken down during last
night and this morning; q UucIber OF cs4ss are
reported as being dangerously il. The Howard
books show about on9 hundred aud fifty purses
actively employed. As the epidemic progresses
Increasing want and deslIuion develop.
According to the latest ad7ices by the way
Of Cincruati. the yeIloH fever has broken cut
at Guthrie, Ky. Mr.. Branch, prominent
merchant, died seventy two hours trcm The
time of its appearance. His cje:lS died forty
eight hours after Mr.. Curtis, the depot agent,
died yesterday With black vouit.
There were four deaths from yellow lever al
Chattanooga yesterday, with ten neg cases.
B. F. Ragsdale, agent Of tie East Tennessee
road, is down With the fty,r. His wife wss
buried yesterday. The weather IS warm and
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