Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-12
TELEGRAPH.IC.
YELLOW FEVER RECORD.
Memphis Still Borne Down Under
the Dreadful Scourge.
Five New Cases ond Four Deaths
Yesterday Morning
More Gases Sent to Quarantine at
Decrease in Last Weeks Death
List at Havana.
YELLOW FEVER.

Health this morning. Four deaths
have occurred since lest night,
Robt. Hollander, Lizzie Dolan,
Rev. J. H. Ridley and a colored in
fant. Rev. J. H. Ridley was col
ored, and pastor of Collins Chapel,
on Washington street. Ed. Moon
was still alive at noon. W. W.
Guy rested well last night, and is
batter this morning. A
telegram, received from an au-
thentic source, positively denies the
report that there has been one case
of yellow fever at Mayersyille,
Miss. e.Ha 4
ST. LOUIS, Aug, 11.-Mrs. Bo-
land, of Memphis, who has been
here about three weeks, was taken
with fever two or three days ago,
and with her two children has been
sent to the quarantine hospital.
HAVANA, Aug. 10.-There were
SO deaths from yellow fever in this
city last week, being decrease of
forty from the previous week.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 9, 79.-In
answer to telegraphic request of
the Daily NeaOs of this city, A. D.
Langstaff, President of the Howard
Association at Memphis, has sent a
telegram giving particulars of the
condition of that city, contain
ing the following points: Total
number of yellow fever cases to this
hour, within the city limits, officially
recorded, is $50; Of this number so
have died. In addition to this,
abere have been about twenty
cases and FIVE deaths of Memphis
refugees located within six miles Of
the city limits. The disease has
not been communicated to any of
the surrounding owns on account of
the rigid quarantine. The fever has
increased in Memphis very per-
ceptibly in the past ten days, and
is spreading from its original centre.
We can not hope for a discontinue
ance until frost.
At least thirty thousand persons
have left, of whom twelve thousand
are located in the Camps Father
Mathews and Marks, situated four
and seven miles respectively. from
Memphis. There have been thirty
eight cases in Camp Marks and
one death. At least twelve thou.
sand negroes are N the city, only
one hundred having gone to the
camp. They have declined to leave
the city, hoping to receive free
rations here, which is in opposition
to the views of all parties who are
laboring here to attend to
such as may be taken sick. Our
only safety is depopulation. In
consequence of the fever spreading
among the negroes in the past FIVE
days, there is growing disposition
to go to camps. Should their ap-
peal to the people of the United
States for rations not meet with a
favorable answer, the negroes will
no doubt move as soon as they get
hungry No one but Howard visit
ors or physicians know of the filthy
novels that these people live In. and
in which they are taken sick and
too frequently die. We have six
physicians on duty and have had
under our charge $50 patients sick
with various diseases. To these
sick people we furnishes nurses,
medicines, stimulants and food.
About two hundred have been dis
charged. Our expenses are now $500
per day, and will probably increase.
We have on hand $4,000. This
amount would have been sufficient if
the negroes would have followed the
example of the white people, and left
the city. We hope not to be forced
to ask assistance, but we fear this
non action of the negroes will COM
pei US to do so. The sanitary con,
dition of the city is excellent.
SO NEW CASES AND8 DEATHS FRIDAY.
The following is list of the new
cases, 33 in number, in the city of
Memphis and vicinity and vicinity,
Friday, the 9Th inst, as taken from
the Memphis special to Saturdays
Nashville American:
WHITES James Hogue, aged 2;
Julius Zeller, aged 8; ?. Beacher,
aged 80; Katie Downey, aged 6;
Annie Flago, aged l; Sarah Flago,
aged 40; Mary Forester, aged 4;
Kate Warder, aged 20.
CoLoRED-Alex. Franklin, aged
35; Willie Parker, aged Is; Sam