Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-27
TELEGRAPHlC.
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Some improvement in the Situation
at Memphis.
Only One Death and Two New
Cases Reported Yesterday.
An Epidemic to be Declared To
day, However. r-
A Committee of Safety Organized
by the Citizens.
One Death Reported at Shelbyville,
Tennessee, Yesterday.
Considerable Excitement in New
York Over the Last Death.
Papers Calling for Rigid Quaran-
tine on the Land Side.
YELLOW FEVER.


ing of citizens this morning com
mittee of safety was appointed from
whose numbers are the following
Executive Committee: Chas. D.
Porter, President and Ex-Oficio
Chairman, DIR. R. W. Mitchell,
John johnson, A. S. Livermore,
W. W. Thatcher, J. S. Priestidge,
Rev. W. E. Boggs, N. W. Speers.
On motion, DR.. Mitchell resolved
to take the census of the city, as a
basis on which to calculate the ne
cessities of those remaining. A
petition from the citizens of Will
bur Station, on the Paducah Rail
road, at which point it is proposed
to erect camp, protesting against
the scheme, was read and referred
to the Executive Committee.
One new case Of fever has been
reported to>day and two deaths
have occurred: Miss Lizzie Meath,
Ed. Flatley. The weather is damp
and disagreeable. The Board of
Health tomorrow will doubtless de-
clare the fever epidemic.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The
National Board of Health received
a dispatch from Shelbyville, Tenn,
this morning, stating that Rev. B.
F. Tate died at l2 last night.
There are no other cases at Shelby
vile.
New YORK, July 26.-Tbe death
BY yellow fever Of Mrs. Brennan,
late Of Memphis, and two cases
sent to qualan;;re, have created a
liIt'e Uneasipess in this community,
ard some of the morning papers are
calling for rigid quarantine law
on the land de. Fl
Mrs. Brennan came here from
Memphis last Tuesday, with ten
others, ard took rooms in a tene-
ment house in 100 street, where
five other families were living. Mrs.
Brennan became so i'll on Thursday
night that ber friends sent for
a physician, who called with>
out suspicion of the nature of
the di-ease. A brief examination
satisfied him that she was suffering
from yellow fever. The inmates
then admitted they were refugees
from Memphis. The rooms of the
families were then isolated and dis
infec;ants used Mrs. Brennan
d;ed yesterday morning and her
body was hastily buried. Mr..
Fitzg 'bbors, another one of the
refugees, and bis wife, were appa-
rently i'll and were removed, with
other members of the family, to
quarantine. There was consider.
able excitement last night in the
vic nifty where the death occurred
which is one of the foulest parts o1
the city.
The names of the Memphil
refugees taken to the qnuaran-
tine hospital last night arr
Michael, Bridget, Mary and Johr
Corvett. The brother of Mrs. Bren
nen, who died, and who was also of the
party cannot be found, and it is sup
posed he left his family to escape
beng sent to the hospital.
Robert Rhind, second mate of the
BRITISH steamer Aluwick Castle
from Havana, was taken to the hos
pltal to-day. He is down with fever
In addition to the above. the,,
are now six fever patients in tn,
hospital.
THURSDAY SICK AND DEATH LIST
Memphis Special 70 Nashville American
There were eighteen cases report
ed to the Board of Health, Thurs
day, as follows: Ell. Harrison, col
ored, 259 DeSoto street; Alex
Kehlor, 234 South street Johr
Kennedy and wife, colored, 81
fernando street; William Turner
Union street; Charles A. Stacey,
corner of Madison and Third streets;
William Ward, City Hospital; Ed.
ward Kearney, No. 6 Manassas