Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-17
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YELLOW FEVER.

MEMPHIS, Sept. 16.-Four cases
and one death from yellow fever
were reported this morning. Drs.
Ess and Winn, inspecting officers
of the State and National Boards
of Health, left to-day to investigate
the sickness existing eighteen miles
southwest of this city at Home
Lake Island. One death occurred
there Sunday and several others are
sick in the neighborhood with sus-
picious cases of fever.
J.. w. MAIDEN, Secretary of the
Peabody. Subsistence Association at
New Orleans, telegraphs to the
Howards to draw on them for $475,
for balance remaining in the treasu-
ry from last year. NJ. Z. Heneger-
ford, Treasurer of the Hardware
Board Of Trade Of. Pittsburg, also
authorizes the Howard's to check
on him for 500. The weather is
clear and pleasant, the thermome>
ter ranging at 60o -
LATER-Six cases, 2 white and 4
colored, have been reported. The
undertakers report six interments
since last night-Robt. Jobe, Geo.
E. Ware, Maria O'Donnell, wife of
ex-Chief of Police, Thos. w.
0 Donnell, Ross Hodges tcolore1,
Jane Sullivan and Richard Sharp.
The two last named were mentioned
in these dispatches last evening.
w. s. White, operator in the
Western Union Telegraph Office in
this city, went home this morning
suffering with a chill and it is
thought he has the fever.
An incendiary ERE was started
this morning at 8 o'clock, in q
building at 154 Main street, occu-
pied by Mrs. John. It was ex-
tinguished without serious damage.
Mrs. John was absent from the
city.
The Inspecting officers have be~
gun disinfecting every house where
q case of fever has developed this
year. The work will be, thorough.
D. T. Porter and Col. John f.
Cameron, who left for Nashville,
will consult the Governor with ref
erence to the further continuance in
service Of the two colored military.
companies now doing patrol duty.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.--Dr.
Loeber, surgeon, of the Touro
In6mary, reports to. the Board. of
Health case Of yellow fever.
Lewis Goldsmith, who came here on
Sept. 11th from Lagay City, was
taken sick on the 18th and admitted
into the infmary on the 18th. The
Board met to discuss the question
of raising the quarantine, but moth
ing was done. The Board ad-
journed until tomorrow evening.
DR.. Dennis stated he had tele-
graphed two cases Of yellow fever
on the responsibility of the Secre-
tary Of the Board Of Health, who
told him there were two mild cases.
These cases have since proved not
to be yellow fever. sifrs
DR.. RutherEord, State Health
Officer. of Texas, has notified the
Board that Texas will raise the
quarantine if the Board will assure
them that the city is entirely
healthy and give clean bills Of
health to passengers leaving. The
Board adopted the following:
cd RESOLVED, That in view Of the
present sanitary condition of New
Orleans and the care taken to con>
tinue the most scrupulous cleanli.
ness in the city and in all Steamboats,
and other vessels leaving the city
that the Board of Health be and is
hereby requested to cooperate With
us in the termination, Of all other
restrictions than those relating to
hygieneic measures. -
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 16.-The
Board of Health has raised the
river quarantine against Memphis.
Seven cases of yellow fever have
been treated hereothisl season, all
imported. Four Of the number
died.