The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-08-20
Many Citizens Returning to the City
Against Instructions.
A Talk With Secretary Sherman Regard
ing the Finances Of the Future.
Nellie Grant sartoris Not Dead as Re-
ported.
AT MEMPHIS.
And Still the Fever Increases.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug Is Eight new cases
were reported to the board of heath up to
noon, six white and two colored. Among the
number are j. II. Hahn, COrdelia Atwood, Ed
IRELAND, William Carroll and Miss Julia
Zeller. Five deaths have occurred-Arthur L.
c. Nelson and Alexander Franklin, the last
named colored. w. G. Nelson died FIVE miles
out on Poplar street boulevard. General John
s. Skeffington, prominent criminal lawyer,
war Frustrated this morning. His case has
not yet been reported to the board of health.
The weather is growing warmer.
Thirteen cases in all were reported to the
board of health to-day, six of whom were col
William Costello and Critic Lavetta. Thomas
III. Cooke a well known citizen was stricken at
fice. I Mrs. Van Anderson and daughter are
down with the fever four and one-half miles
distant from the city on the Poplar street
Ex-Governor J. c. Jones. The Tennessee state
board of health officials to morrow Will begin
the isolation of dwellings where yellow fever
exists, and guards will be placed to prohibit
communication with the inmates. DIR. Jerome
Cochran left at noon for Mobile.
Miss Birdie Goff, the eldest daugter of A. L.
Gof, ticket agent at White Haven, Tenn, was
attacked with the fever at noon to-day. DIR.
night, reports a negro sick with the fever near
that town. His Injection can be traced to this
city.
Guarding Against the Spread of Yellow
Fever.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug. 1S.-At a called
session OF tue tennessee state board OF health
the following resolutions were adopted for the
points:
l. No person shall be allowed to enter a
town or place which is dangerously affected
with yellow fever, unless such person has al
ready had yellow fever, and then only after
obtaining permission of the superintendent Of
.. The superintendent of quarantine at
each place dangerously infected shall have
and advice. of this board, Of the dis
ing, bedding and all other textile fabrics,
baggage, mail cars, d,pots, sewers, drains,
public and private, and other things, as it
may be at any time considered necessary to
disinfect.
3. The local boards of health are expected
within the limits OF their respective jurisdic-
tions, and give aid and support to the super
intendent OF quarantine during epidemics,
in the carrying out of said rules and regula-
tons, as the State board may, from time TO
time adopt.
health the following rules were iopted:
L. A house infected with yellow fever shall
be designated with a yellow fever flag.
2. No person shall be permitted to enter a
house infected with yellow fever except
physicians, clergymen and such nurses and at
sick.
No person except physicians and clergy
men shall be permitted to leave an infected
house without permission in writing Of the
superintendent of the quarantine, they hav.
ing first compiled with such methods of disin-
fectiou as may be prescribed by him.
A. The physicians and clergymen may enter
and retire from the apartments of The sick of
yellow fever at all hours, provided. however.
that they shall not enter q non-1nfected
house, carriage, car or other public place of
resort until their persons and apparel have
been thoroughly diinfected.
5. Public assemblies of all kinds are pro-
hibited in any place dangerously infected with
yellow fever, and the superintendent of the
quarantine is charged with the rigid enforce
ment of this rule.
6. From the hour of p. m. till the hour of
a. m. each and all persons not engaged in the
care OF sick, or execution of duties as officers
of the law. shall remain at their homes or
respective premises, unless by permission of
the superintendent of quarantine.
The enforcement OF this rule was left to the
discretion of the president. The rules adopted
by the state board to day were the result of
the conference at Mckenzie. President Plun-
kett received a dispatch to night
from John johnson, superintendent of
the quarantine at Memphis, saying
81 find this morning number of parties re-
turning to the city in violation of every rule.
wish the State board to pass formal rule or
regulation of the State board positively for
bidding all pa arties from entering Memphis
without permission of the State board first had
and obtained through its representative in
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