The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-04
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YELLOW FEVER.

Saturdays Report.
MEMPHIS, August 2.-Six new cases were
reported to the Board this morning. Two
deaths occurred since last night-Miss
Athey, daughter of Chief-of-Police Philip
R. Athey, and Benjamin Adams. Miss
Athey died at Raleigh, ten miles from the
mothers condition is not the most favora-
BILE.
Colonel Cameron has quietly collected
all the arms and ammunition from the
gun stores and placed the same in the
arsenal at the station house.
The last passenger train on the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad left last night
No mails were received by that route this
morning.
Eight more cases were reported to the
Board of Health in the afternoon. Among
the number arc Ed. Moore and John
Waters. Five deaths occurred: Mary
Muibrandon, Maria Lanahan, Marshal
Hoskens, Charles Forbes and Julia Rich
mond, colored. The total number OF
deaths, according to the official announce
ment of the Board of Health for the week
ending tonight at six o'clock, is IA; from
yellow fever 26, other causes IS. 1t was
the purpose of the President to declare
the disease epidemic, as the number of
deaths from the disease exceeded those
from all other causes combined, but as the
death rate for the week shows material
decrease from the previous week, he with
holds his declaration for the present.
Last week the total number of deaths
were 7l-from yellow fever 81, other
causes 81. Physicians are sanguine that
the maximum death rate has been reach
ed, and a decrease in the number OF
deaths can reasonably be expected. A
drenching rain fell this afternoon.
The Situation Yesterday.
MEMPHIS, August 3.-Twelve new cases
were reported to the Board of Health to-
day, six of whom were colored. Two
deaths have occurred, Fritz Wehrum and
Maggie Downey. According to the re-
port of ]. 81. Edmonson, Superintendent
of the nurses of the Howard Association,
they have sixty here on duty attending to
seventy-three people, ,ffty-six OF whom are
white and seventeen colored. The death
rate to date has been 339 per cent. The
Howards tomorrow will open supply
depot at 299 Main street, from which will
be furnished nourishment, ,stimulantst to the
INDECENT sick on the requisition of the
Howard physicians, four of whom are on
duty A nurse was furnished this after
noon to R. E. Webb, an employe OF A. 81.
Horton & Co., who is reported sick with
the fever. Among the convalescents are
Charles Stacey and Fred. Ballet. Ihe
wife of Chief of Police Athey is progress
ing finely.
Precautions at Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, August 2-The local
board of health has passed resolution
asking the authorities ofthe Iron Mountain
Railroad not to recognize the health certifi-
Gates via Charleston, Mo-, unless counter
signed by Dr. j. ]. Jones, for the reason
that passengers therein are not known by
our officers.
In response to a dispatch from DR..
Barney, of the Des Arc Board of Health,
informing him that the steamer Trader
had made landing four miles below and
discharged freight in violation of the
quarantine, President Smith, of the Little
Rock Board of Health, responded: Call
your people together and enforce a shot
gun quarantine if the necessity OF the case
demands it, and 1 think it does" 1t is
not known whence the Trader came.
At New York.
New YORK, August 2.-Curtis N. Chap
man, second mate, n. G. Darnstead, sea-
men, ofthe brig Salisbury, which touched
at Havana, were admitted to the quaran-
tine hospital to-day sick with yellow fever.
Three large buildings on Hoffman. Island
are ready for patients should the disease