Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-18
YELLOW JACK.
Encouraging Reports from Memphis
Several New Cases of Fever Reported
from Memphis-Arrivalo of a Fever Ship at
philadelphia.


Philadelphia.
MEMPHIS, July 17.-Five new cases of yell
low fever were reported to the board Of
health this morning. The SO cases consist Of
members of two families named Hesler, re-
siding under one roof at "a and sc Clay
street in the southern portion of the city.
Mrs. JAS Hesler died just after IL o'clock
and was buried at 8 P. NJ. No new cases re-
ported since morning, although there are
one or two people sick in the city whose
cases are considered suspicious. The an
nouncement of five new cases this morning
did not create q panic. Many Memphians
will leave the city tonight and tomorrow
night Business is severely injured by the
development of new cases, and several firms
will immediately remove their stocks and
90 to st. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati.
Gasten's hotel closes tonight. The Peabody
hotel will remain open.
MEMPHIS, July 1.-THE Howard associa-
ton are all ready for active work, but do not
consider the situation sufficiently alarming
to begin operations.
YELLOW FEVER SHIP.
PHILADELPHIA, July II The brig Shasta,
of New York, from Port au Paix, st. Do
mingo, bound to Chester, Pa, arrived in
great distress twelve miles below this city
this afternoon. Of nine men on board
seven were down with yellow fever. Four
deaths occurred, the captain being among
the number.
CHATTANOOGA, July 17.-At meeting to-
day the city council refused to raise the
quarantine against Memphis. Through pass
engers from Memphis are transferred at
Wauhatchie, six miles from the city.
Hoav 1.-THE Disease Started in Memphis.
i'm. Keating's Dispatch to New York SUM-
AS to the origin of the first case of yellow
fever, it appears that the wife of Mulbran-
don had several trunks full of clothes which
had been left her by her relatives who died
of yellow fever during the epidemic of last
year1that within the past two weeks she
opened two or more of these trunks and
took out, shook and aired their contents
By the germs thus set free her husband
was inoculated after his system had
been reduced by the intensely hot weather,
to which he succumbed on Saturday. Since
his death not one of his family, including
his wife, his sister and nine children, have
even so much as complained, and there has
not within the past eight days been case of
any kind of fever reported in the vicinity.
This affords good ground for the belief that,
many of the conditions necessary to the
propagation of yellow fever being absent, it
will not spread. do not apprehend any
few sporadic cases like this of Mulbrandon.
As to the other three cases reported Judge
Ray, of the criminal court of this county,
and his two children, it is impossible to say
how they originated. Neither of them has
sanitary condition of their home was perfect
and their mode Of life dictated by intelli-
gence and prudence. It was impossible for
germs to have concealed themselves as in
the case of Mnlbrandon, as they were in the
habitual use of their clothing, chang
ing as it was necessary for cleanliness or
was made necessary by the changes of the
weather. The judge himself was remark
able for an undertaking mode of life, which
was well ordered. He was temperate in all
things, and was so conservative as to be
beyond the reach of excess in anything.
He and his son Charles attended picnic at
Estival Park on the 4th, but they returned
home early. This was the only occurrence
during the summer out of the ordinary cur
rent of their lives. His home is half mile
from Mulbrandon's, and there was no COM
munication or intercourse been them. His
house, a frame one, stands ten feet above
level of the street. It is roomy and we'll
aired and comfortable. He and his son
Charles were taken on the same day, the 7th
inst.