The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-09
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STRIKING DOWN THE BEST.
TELLOW FETER YET RIGING IN THE
CITIES or THE SOUTH.
Its viruience In the Region near Port Gibson
Volunteer Physicians In Memphis Dying
a Day of Gloom In urownsvIIie, Tenn.

volunteer PhNsiclnns In Memphis Dying
a Day of Gloom In BrownsyIIIe, Tenn.
MEMPHIS, Oct. s.-The weather Is settled
warm which Is favorable to n further spread Of
the disease. From O'Clock last night until IA
to-day % cases Of death wcro reported by
undertakers. Among the dead reported since
last night are Sheriff Jas. W. Anderson. DIR. o.
d. Bartholomew. volunteer physician from
Nashville; y. II. Anderson. volunteer nurse
from New York; VIM. Mcmillan. Geo. Cook.
and Joseph y Johnston. bookkesper for Estes.
Doan Co. II. c. Manuel. Sergeant Of the
Police. was stricken this morning.
The Board Of Health report twenty one
cases " death from yellow fevor during tho
twcnty-fOur hours ending at o'clock To- night
Twelve additional cases of death are reported
by the undertakers as having occurred In tho
suburbs. Among those who died this after
noon aro Thos. n. Johnston. VIM. Capehart, J.
Darmstadter. Mrs. Jennie Hewett, Mrs J. NJ.
Libcsque. Alonzo vaccaro. and Thos ]. Owens.
Martin Grifln, Cashier Of the German National
Bank. has convnlesced sufficiently to enable
him to attend to business.
Fever has appeared at Raleigh, Tenn, from
which point an appeal fora physician was made
A despatch from Decatur TO the Howards
says: Can you send us good physician anl
three good nurses by the first train ? Our med
ical director was taken down last night and tho
othor physicians are worn out About forty
persons are sick. many OF them from yellow
fever"
j. c. st. Clair. n volunteer physician from
New York, died last night at Germantown.
Tenn. O. +. Prescott prominent Odd Fellow.
was stricken this afternoon.
Pom GIBSON. Miss. Oct. s.-No cases Of doath
have been reponei since sunday and only a
fever. The news from the country is fearful,
At least forty whites have died Of yellow fever
In the country. and the number OF colored il
NEw ORLEANS. Oct S.-The cases Of death to-
day number AZ, and the number Of cases re-
3,2Gl, and OF cases 10.7S6. Tho weather is
cloudy. with threatening rain.
T. ). Hardec, State Engineer who with thrce
chlliren Is ustrerovering from yellow fever ,has
three more ch ldrcn sick to-day. Judge Rghter
and hs littls daughter. who returned from oyer
thc lako on Monday. are down with The fever.
OCEAN SPRINGS Miss. OFT S-Nlnrty-one
casr,s to dnie; 70 cases Of death. and - cases
BAroY EoydE La. oct. s.-New cases. AZ;
NIcKsBURG OFT. s-Frauk pargood has lust
returned from Grernylile, and says that the
fever l. ahtling th"re for want of material to
Wlrk pn. nu "i Jl9 whites VINO hhd the fever
ls6 died. The mortality among tho negroes 10
soyen per cent. one hundred and siNty-thrco
cohyal,srents nr9 now on the -iruets, among
Valdez. Dr. Fisher a volunteer physician
from Point Coupec. is dying. DR.. Dunn is very
low The Rov. stephen Archer, Presbyterian
minister. has Just recovered, and il doing good
work rs acting Mayor and President of the
cases of death have boon reported within The
past twenty -four hours. Among the newly sick
H5s 1s JH a2dr r. dn1y on ~ C3gn Trs4S1rer AMI qe.
fourche crossing tho freight agent and tele-
graph operator is down with the fever.
the Registrar, reports for the twenty-four hours
ended nt o'clock this afternoon the death
Schwelr Sarah Hall aud Charles Kcisie. a
nurse from Portsmouth. Va. He also reports
Among, tho now cascs are, Drs. q. A. Baxter and
Keisle is the third nurse that has died. Scvorai
! others down. The weather 4. npfoNornl,ln la
| but the disease is still IN its Old quarters with
the execution Of tho nurse, camp. established
! on Bad Knob ncar tho fair grounds. Tho iu-
ie,ied district is being depopulated
BEowNsyILLE. Tenn. Oct s.-This has been
during the epidemic Miss Martin. whose
imher died yesterday. expired this morning
The whole family are sick. AMI littlr hopes are
entertained of their recovery. Dr. John Ware
the noble. true and brave physician. was buried
2 youns NAN S W o 6s sI paGe acne
Secretary Il the llowards, viii not last I'll
morning. nr Howell. another of our promi-
nenl plyslcian-. is very Ill., over loo patients
ar under treatment, ana many new cases every
day. Weather stll warm.
THIBonEArN. In" oct. S-Seventncn now
eases OF yellow fever to-day ami two cases ~
death. The fever ls spreading rapidly and
fat!ly In the surrounding country.
MoEGAS CITY. La. oct s.-1otal number of
treatment. l7G. Tho doath rata Is INCREASING;
six more died to-day making II since sunday
The physciMnS are worn put.
fever to-day and niuo Cases II 'leath. Tho fcyrr
j. sprcatnG IN the country. We have appeals
from sulphur Spr ngs rightecn miles distant
well rs from other points. for phy-l ians. mtdi-
ciue- aul urovisious W are doing tie brst
| W. gan fer them, Or. Galloway went 10 Sui
CAIRO, m. OF. s.-Onc now case Of yellow
t.,"f nnI twn ~. = ! l'A from tie same
rAIlr,oNviILr La g.. 7-Thore is no
ahi,, mcnt ~ NE i,yer t. gradually spr"al-
maNEu1ut form. hh.uu.g the whites tlpre hitNo