The New York herald., 1879-09-18
AFFLICTED MEMPHIS.
Nine New Cases of Fever and
Ten Deaths.
ACTION OF TIE PRESIDENT
No Rations Issued Except Through the
National Health Board.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.

MEMPHIS. Sept. II, 1879.
review of the situation reveals the following
condition of affairs There are about two hundred
and twenty-five people sick with yellow fever IN ana
adjacent to Memphis, nearly all OF whom are peing
attended and cared for by the Howards Their
physicans and visitors daily abroad seeking new
victims OF tine plague TEey have $50 nurses
on duty working under an expense
of about S70o per diem. Their daily expenses
have reduced $500 by the closing of their sup
ply store. Masons. odd Fellows. Knights OF Honor
and other benevolent associations aboring hand
in hand with the Howards in the great and noble
work of relieving the sick and distressed.
Nire new cases reported to the Board OF
Health to-day, five Of which were those OF coored
persons The following tho names Of the
whtes:-
Charles Miller aged so years. No. 81 Market street.
Maggie Burns, aged years. corner of Broadway
and Orleans street.
Catherine Stokey aged "a years, Jackson street.
A. Berman. aged As years. No. 81 Mulberry street.
In addition to the above the following whites were
supplied with nurses by the Howards:-
Louis F. Sonn. aged "a years. Huppert avenue.
Peter II. Donnelly. aged 46 years. No. SO7 Poplar
street
The former is the cotton clerk of Messrs. Porter.
Taylor Co. Mr.. Donnelly is the proprietor of
grocery store and is an ex-federal soldier.
The following are the dead Of to-day
DEATH
FREDERICK vALMAS. aged 50 years. No. 95 Union
avenue
MoLLIE MADDEN. aged IS years, &c. $50 Beale
street.
GEORGE d. MAHAFFEY. aged 40 years. corner of
Wellington and Gayose streets.
FRED DElTERICH, aged 40 years, City Hospital.
DR.. A. c. CAMPBELL aged SO years. PRINTING!
street
JOHN ARIGHI aged 80 years. Union avenue.
W. II. EAMES. aged IS years, eight miles south Of
the city.
Mrs. NJ J. GREY, aged 80 years. Camp Marks.
MARI WARD, aged 27 years. No. IL Desoto street.
EMMA HILL. aged 80 years. No. 246 Third street
The donations to the Howards to-day were fol-
lows
NJ. T. Hungerford. treasurer Hardware Board Of
Trade. New York. s40O.
Haymakers' Oriental Order of Selma, Alabama.
$25.
A. NJ. Clayton. Lamar Miss. 800.
Miss Mamie Lemon Memphis. Tenn, 81.
Mayors Office. Baltimore. Nd, SIS.
L. Hughes. Dyersburg. Tenn..s5.
Total, $462.
THE SUBURBS.
DR.. T. A. Morgan the inspecting officer at White
Haven. Tenn. writes to Mr.. John johnson as fol-
lows:-
twas rumored yesterday that; yellow fever existed
at Air. MenXs house. one mile north OF Whitehaven.
vent at once to DR.. Hicks, the medical attendant,
and inquired into the matter but could learn moth
lng satisfactory in regard to it. The child of Mr.
MenX died with black vomit yesterday morning
after u three days Illness and buried early
the morning. before knew that any was sick.
The family Is the most completely isolated of any in
the country. They have been out Of Memphis since
the first appearance of the fever and have permitted
no one inside their premises, which are Immediately
on the line OF the railroad.
DR.. Hess. ono OF the inspecting officers of the
State Board of Health returned late night from
Woodstock, station eleven miles north Of Memphis,
where case OF fever reported to have be de-
veloped. He reports chih Of W. f. Reinhardt sick,
but not with yellow fever. There is to be a test
In de of the constitutonality of Rule No. of the
from being brought into the city during the
epidemic. All the necessary papers havesbeen drawn
and only await the signature OF a judgeto grant an
injunction prayed for.
TELEGRAMs FROM WASHINGTON.
The following kilograms were received to-day from
Washington
1t has been decided by the President and Cabinet
after tul consideration Chat since the action
ot Congress relief for the people in yellow fever
Heilh or from the State authorities. Congress hay-
ing passed law the,s ubje,t federal action must
lie giided thereby GEORGE W. McCRARY,
Secretary OF War.
DR.. Cabe the president of the National Board Of
Health. telegraphs TINT
We VIII supply rSioEs to persons now to 20 out
OF Memphis on to TIN, camps for period in Case