The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-24
THE PESTlLENCE.
SLOW BUTsURE PROGRESS OF THE
sCOURGE IN MEMPHIS.
HOWardS Not Yet Moving, but City Government
Asslsts the Poor 10 Leave the Oity.-One Death
in BrOOklyn.-A Case Ia ShslbyVIlle and
Two In LOuiaVlIle

Asaists the Poor 10 Leave the CITY. .-One Death
in BFoOklyn.-A Case Ia ShslbyVllIe and
Two In Louisville
Nashville, July pa Shelbyville
(Tenn.) dispatch says the Rev. B. +. Til
Ter of Memphis; who reached chat place
sick on the 18th inst, is prostrated by
yellow fever.
The State Board of Health met here
to-day and adopted rules for the guild
ance of the Supervising Medical Inspec.
tor. The city council met tonight to
adopt measures to put in force limited
quarantine in the inspection of persons
from Memphis and the establishment Of
a quarantine hospital in case Of need.
Louisville, KY, July 22-The health
officer discovered two cases of fever in
this city this afternoon both of which
were brought from Memphis.
Memphis, July 22.-Five new cases
were reported to the Board of Health
this morning. Among the number was
Mrs. Powers, who resides at No. 374
Shelby street, where Mdlbrandon's shoe
store is located. Four deaths have oc-
Cured since last night.
Two new cases were reported to the
Board Of Health this afternoon, both of
whom were Colored. Two additional
deaths have also occurred, Bob Thomp-
son and Patrick Meath.
The Howard Association held meet.
ing this afternoon and detailed two of
their members to ascertain from the
physicians where nurses are required,
which will be furnished, but the organi-
zation as whole will not begin opera.
tions. They do not think the situation
at dresent sufficiently alarming.
Camp Father Matthew, under the
supervision of Father Walsh, is to be
established at once. A requisition has
been made for hundred tents, which
will be furnished soon. Those sent by
the government have arrived. 1t ia an
ticipated 400 people will by this means
be removed from the city. The steamer
Hard Cash, which left this evening for
st. Louis, had full list of passengers.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad to-
day refused half rates to the city auth.
critics to points beyond Mckenzie.
St. Louis, July 22.-The Ste. Gene.
We've arrived from Memphis this even
ing, having on board $50 people and 400
tons of freight After a brief detention
at quarantine she was permitted to pro.
ceed to the landing and the passengers
reached the city. No freight was land
ed and tomorrow she will be subjected
to thorough fumigation. There was no
sickness of any kind on board. The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Rail-
ROAD Companies have issued joint cir.
cular stating that no freight destined for
points in Texas going beyond, the South
ern termini ofthe two roads will be re.
ceived from this date, unless accompani-
ed by the affidavit of the shipper stat
ing that the goods have not been in the
infected yellow fever districts since July
lst, 1879.
New York, July 22.-Dennis Manning,
fireman on the steamer City of Merida,
plying between Havana and New York,
died in Brooklyn to-day of yellow fever.
The Board of Health has taken precau.
tions to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
Washington, July 22-..The Cabinet
discussed to-day the yellow fever ques.
ton. The Acting Postmaster General
was instructed to use all the means in
his power to keep mail communication
open.
The following telegram from the Agent
of the Railway Mail Service at Little
Rock was received at the Postofice De.
partment to-day "The Little Rock
Board of Health say emphatically that
Of mails makes no difference,
and that no mails must pass st. Louis.
If so, no mail matter will be allowed to
taken flom cars or agents handling it to
stop at Little Rock"