, 1879-08-24
Ttirty.ona Deaths from The Dis"
ease in Memphis Last
Week.
Number of Fatalities During the Prev
alence Of the FaVsr.
The Weekly List Of New Cases Foots Up
q Total Of 148.
A Sanitary Regulation Keeping the People
Within Doors During the Night.
The Thieves, However, Manage to Con-
tinue Their Depredatiou2.


RAIN-sToRM.
Specfal D5sp1fch 10 TAs Tribune
MENru1s, Tenn, Aug. 23.-1t would require
little or no preparation to make such twelve
hours OF weather as has been experienced since
daybreak f:t into the latter part OF September.
About Q o'clock this morning perfect deluge
OF rain fell, lasting two or three hours, since
which time there has been gradual lowering
OF temperature and frequent showers, the storm
setting IN again about dark tonight Awful
bilious weather, and calculated to increase the
number Of yellow-fever victims. It is also bad
on the sick, and may increase the number OF
fatal cases.
The thieves continue their depredatfons, not
withstanding the vigilance Of the police author"
tiles. Both the police and mounted patrol
forces
HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED,
especially on night duty, and every effort will
be directed toward the protection OF property
and arrestlng the marauders. The following
embrace some Of tie property that has been
raidcd within the past forty-cight hours: Mrs.
Burus' residence, on Broadway, near Orleans;
Jack Jamison's residence; Mrs. Bennett's\ resi-
dence, at Greenwood nursery; tue residence OF
Mrs. E. L. Wright, Rayburn avenue. But one
The store Of Stewart Gwynne & Co., Shelby
street, was plundercd and the safe battered, but
unopened. The saloon OF P. Fransiota, corner
Of Second and Union, was entered and robbed.
Mrs. Conuer's grocery store, on Manassas
street, was broken into and p}undered. Ciarks
Bay-Horsc saloon, corner Of Second and Non
roe streets, was also entered; also the store OF
leacham & Co., Union street, but from which
little was carried of.
4 NUMBER OF OTHER RoDBER1E9
have been committed during the past pie
or three weeks. besides numberless ef-
forts to brenk into business houses,
which were detected and the thieves
driven Oh. This is generally understood
to ne carrying out the programme tnttmated IN
| the ADVICE by the co!ored leaders to their race
that subsistence would be had. II it cannot be
had one way it will be had another. Tnis indi-
rect threat, coupled With the numbers OF intiam-
matory anonymous letters sent the press and
city officials, have served bad purpose for the
discontcnts, as the authorities have taken the
precaution to
PREPARE FOR THE WORST EMERGENCY.
| The order promulgated by the State Board Of
Health, prohibiting citizens from leaving their
places of business or abode between
the hours OF o In the even
ing and in the morning, "ent
into effect tonight, and Tour correspondent
has been honoyed With a card granting special
| privileges when, where, and how he pleases, OF
course SO long as he complies reliable reports OF
the situation. . -
Seventeen now cases appear on the Health
Office books to-day, Of which seven arc whites.
The undertakcrs report eight lntcrments from
yellow-fever, Of which only two are whites
! This is
TIE HEAVIEST FATAL1TT
| to the colored people that has occurred on any
| previous day this season.
The weekly report from the Health"
! Office shows the, total deaths from yel.
| low.fcyer 81, OF which 10 were colored
| neonlc. .r.,tal deaths to date, III. New cases
| reported during tho week, 1876 whites. The
! Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth Wards con'
! tiuue to furnish the largest numbers, while
! every otner ward Ia represented with from three
| to seven c1ses.
The following are the whites embraced in to-
| days new cases and deaths: ;, -
| -, NEW CASES.. >',.
| Diana Goldscamp, IS, rs Jackson - =:
| Elias ,MrDousal, 53, 3oA Front.
Mrs. F. Waggoncr, 40, q Avery.
| ". F.. Howland, Jr., 20. 150 Vance. ;:
Alaggo Bilbs. S, 20 Hul;ng.
Mrs.-G.' ". Graves, 10, Madison, near Chit
/ tendcn avenue.
Frank Atwood, 16 Carolina
| DEATHS.
Mrs. Fannie Moores, 81, 4s3 Main.
I Willis Stein, TO- Fifth.
Camp Father Mathew reports two deaths
| from yellow-feger, leaving no other case OF
hand 10 to noon yesterday. They are Johf
Karnes, aged 20. and Pat McMahon, aged q.
| CAMP MARES 49,
| has but one case Of ycllow-fe7er on hand. Col
| John Cameron, in charge OF the camp and mill
/ tary, has made au official report for publication
| He has seven camps N charge besides the mill
t tarv camp In the city. Two thousand ant
eighty-seven persons, including the military, art
| now IN camp.
A curious item about the military is pre-
sented. Rank and file, they are elghty-six men
but they claim that their families embrace 25:
| women and thirty-tlve children. Besides th'
| military, there are only ninety-dTe colored peo
! pie In all the camps.
The weekly report Of the Howard Associa
ton is made out. They are caring for $50 sfcl
persons, embracing all manner OF complaints
some Of them old chronics OF years. standing
| One hundred and niuety-two nurses are en-
| ploYed. One hundred and eighteen OF the sc|
arc white. Yesterday the Howard Supply Dc
partment
| ISSUED THREE HUNDRED REQu1srr1oNs
| for rations OF the sick and nurses. Eight item
to rc4ulsition make about {, 400 rations issue'
in one day.
The Howards report the following new case
whose names do not appear on the list at IL
office Of tile Board Of Henlth:
George Z. Taylor. 81. 70 Vance.
HRS. q. Y. Graves, Is Charleston avenue.
l. Frank 8. Russell, 10, 193 fernando.
Mrs. z. C. Brookshire. G1 Linden. 49,. ~
". q. West, 63 Winchester.
5frs. Armstrong, SO, 223 Union.
. Charles He!tckc, Is. Il Fourth, Chelsea. :.
Mrs. Keiser, 107 Kcer, Chelsea
john Desmond, 49, 81 Pontotoc.
]. B. Sloon, 400 Pontotoc. ~.
49,. VARIOUS.
| LOUISVILLE.
;! LoU1sv1LLE, KY, Aug. pa Mr.. Graft
from Memphis, was removed from the Fift
| IT, ~. In sfo1