Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-20
TELEGRAPHIC.>s
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
State of Affairs at Memphis Yes
terday. E
Eight New Gases and Three
Deaths up to l, P. M.
Death of a Daughter of Mrs.
Myra Clark Gaines.
The Needs of the HoWards the
Rest of the Epidemic.
Another Muni6eent Gift from
Chicago.
YELLOW FEVER.

MEMPHIS, Sept. 1910 a. M
No new cases of yellow fever and
bat one death reported this MORN
ing. The Howard Association have
teIegraphed to Concordia, Miss,
asking if assistance is needed.
NooN-Not a single case has yet
been reported to the Board of
Health to-day. Three deaths have
occurred since last evening, Willie
Leidel, check boy in the Western
Union Telegraph Office; David Ba-
con and Orange Reed, the two last
colored. Z IA
The weather is clear and pleas
ant.
l, P. Might new cases have
been reported to the Board of
Health Agnes Scott, Oswald Lang
feldt, John Brien, Mary E. CHAINS
bers, Mile Chambers, William
Ryan, Catherine Ryan, and Mollie
Davis, the last named is colorsd.
J. W. Preston, Chairman of the
Citizens Committee of Chicago,
telegraphs to the Howards to draw
for another thousand dollars. ~
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. - Mr..
Langstaff, in his appeal for funds
for the work of the Howards at
Memphis, says that the amount re-
quired to provision those living in
camps, who can not return to their
homes until the epidemic ceases will
not be less than 500, 1000, and that
the amount required to continue the
ork of the Association can not be
definitely estimated. He believes
that about 100000 will be needed.
A special from Norfolk, Va,
says: Mrs. Jane Y. Christmas, only
daughter of the celebrated Mrs.
Myra Clark Gaines, of New
Orleans, died yesterday morning at
Waraenton, N. c., it is said, of yel-
low fever. She came from New
Orleans about two weeks ago and
brought the disease with her. She
leaves three children. Mrs. Gaines
was with her.
Special to the Nashville American.
MEMPHIS, Sept. IA review
of the situation reveals the follow
ing state Of affairs: There are
about 225 people sick with yellow
fever in and adjacent to Memphis,
nearly all of whom are being attends
ed and cared for by the Howards.
Their physicians and visitors are
daily abroad, seeking new victims
of the plague. They have 180
nurses on duty. and are working
under an expense of about 500
per diem. Their daily expenses
have been reduced $500 by the
closing of their supply store, and to
their credit be it stated, ECONOMY"
is their watcLword.
Nine new cases were reported to
the Board of Health to-day, five of
whom were colored. The following
are the names of the whites Chas.
Miller, Maggie Burns, Catherine
Stokey, A. Bierman.
In addition, the following whites
were supplied with nurses by the
Towards Louis F. Sohm, Peter
Donnelly. The former is the cot
ton clerk of Messrs. Parker, Taylor
& Co. MIR. Donnelly is the propri-
etor of grocery store, and is an
ex-Federal soldier:
The death roll is: Frederick
Volkmar, aged 40; Mollie Madden,
aged 18; Geo. B. Mahaffey, aged
40 Fred Dietrich, aged 81 DR.. A.
G. Campbell, aged SO; John Arighe,
aged 30; w. III. Eams, aged IS
Mrs. M. j. Gray, aged SO; Maria
Ward, colored, aged 27; Emma
Hill, colored, aged 80. -