Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-07-19
YELLOW FEVER.
Great CONSERVATION over the Outbreak
at Memphis.

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Mhhrhis, July ~ he ne" le'er cases
nave hiiieu .raoe LOT tue summer, ana no
chahge anticipates until coid weather no
ram ior - uays' weather very suitry me
corn crop needs moisture ana COTTON VIII
sumer unless showers come soon.
Inc steamer Nowiand leit TOT the North
iast evening win nearly ioo passengers. Inc
"rahu lower came up fuii OF people having
auueu DO al "reen' ne reports Oh great
cohsterhatioh at all the river towns ana land
l"ss oeioN anu peopie "re eager ior yeiio"
'e'er ne"s'
AZ "reeh'nie' On 'he "Trip uoWh, the heaith
o'neers ~ouiu nut permit Tue boat 10 iahu or
senu Oh freight me poat was quarahtihed
~ ~ hours at ming r",n'' hiiles above
Ncksours, ana no ireigh. or people were
perhii''eu 10 20 on except oy stealth though
no pe,So, s,, vi ,reisut rum me'nPn's was on
o""i" ing 'AP'"i'' eo.nP,neo MS oech Peo
PIC 10 re'''ain' anu P,o,iucu ior al On poard,
nv p,o' '',o's VI s"ei ,,, 'au oee" iurh'sh-
ca ny 'ne au'ho,',es. wen .le steamer de-
pai,'u 'ne PeoP'e ie'' WIRE sun un"oie 10
Towns aiors ,b. r;vor ar. all h.,l,h,, h,,
tho inhab;,apts ora ,n;ny aw,y ~ Co., a. nns.
sihle Mail ,rranyements arc comnle,elv nm.
set and none have been delivered fnr several
lavs
tad R..LA
and I Wi,l;amson have both haan i'll ,.o
J,vs with yeIln,s fsynr symn,nms fnllv do.
v,ioned An trains Going on, late las, piob,
were crowded aud man arc leaving to-day
The majority If nbvsicians do not anprebrnJ
an ,niIcmic bn, aiyise I.,vin, tho CIV
Three now rases of yellow frver rcnorted
this afternoon, Mrs Adams, Miss Molie
Hamerle and Miss Cath Watson, ~ South
street, all of whom reside in the immediate
neighborhood of the Hester families These
make IL cases reported since the Sth. Fred
Rekers who was reported this morning, died
at tonight and was buried Immediately
Total number of deaths from fever is Z.
Business Is almost suspended, especially
among wholesale merchants, and large num-
beers of citizens are leaving on every train.
Manhattan and Emmett banks closed their
doors to-day leaving collections and deposits
in care of other banks.
Mrs. Robert Hester and one of her chill
dren are reported in critical condition
other members OF family are progressing
finely.
GALyEsrGy, July Is. Board of Health
Observation-Disclosures that no freight, mails or
pas sengcrs leaving New Orleans after July
II be allowed to enter port. Mails will be
allow ed to come via St Louis or New York,
~ i"et ''e SUM- po i"',s"'ou III 'hose
cities. Travellers Will be allowed to enter
the city after the expiration OF % days from
leaving New Orleans. Action is based upon
New Orleans having raisedqnarantine against
Memphis and probability that germs of the
disease are in New Orleans, liable to develop
al any moment, AS at Memphis.
WAsuINGroN. July Is. Representative
Casey Young of Memphis. Teen. district il
is the city. He SAYS he has very serious ap-
prchensons that yellow fever will strike the
entire Mississippi valley in endemic form.
He thinks existing cases must have been con-
tracted from germs of last Summers vista
ton. and that unless most absolute precau-