Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29
The Epidelsitc.


TheA Epidemic.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The Board
/ of Health says that there is no vel.
low fever in this city. The Post.
master has directed all mail matter
from the South to be thoroughly ~
disinfected.
VOLUNTEER SURGEONS.
WAsHINGToN, July 26th.-Sur-
geons Walter X. Schofield and
Thomas Hiland, United States
Navy, have volunteered for yellow
fever service, and will be sent to
Havana or the West ladies' to in
spect vessels leaving for the United
States. The Secretary of War can
not grant st. Louis tents for yellow
fever refugees.
THE ST. LOUIS QUARANTINE.
ST. LOUIS, July 26.-The steam
ers Illinois, Hard Cash and Belle of
Memphis We're stopped at quaran-
tine to day, but only the Hard Cash
. was held, the others having no
Memphis people or freight on board.
The Hard Cash had go cabin and "a
deck passengers from Memphis, but
/, none sick. They were permitted
to go up to the city. but the boat
was held for fumigation. Health
Commissioners John A. Raucb, of
Illinois, and G. w. Fraucis, of st.
Louis, have been in consultation
here to-day, trying to arrange for
the disposition of Memphis refu-
gees, it being the feeling of both
that it will not be safe to let
any more of these people scat
ter through the city or through
the Illinois towns in this vicinity.
The proposition most favored, since
\ the Government has refused to pro.
vide tents aud rations for camp,
is to charter steamboats, and main
tain floating quarantine for Mem
phians who come up the river aftei
this date. Health Commissioner
Francis reports that. of half a dozen
sick at the quarantine, only one
case is regarded as suspicious oil
likely to develop into yellow fever
The boats which brought up the
Memphis freight and passengers
remain at the quarantine, and the
Mayor refuses positively to allow
them to come up to the city.
CONDITION OF MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, July 26. One new
case of yellow fever was reported
to-day. Two deaths have occurred
The weather continues damp ant
disagreeabIe. The Board of Healtl
will tomorrow doubtless declare
the fever epidemic. AT a meeting
of citizens this morning Commit
tee of Safety was appointed and al
Executive Committee chosen. |
was resolved to take a censes of th'
city as a basis to calculate the ne.
cessities and wants of those re
naming. A petition of citizens o
Wilbur Station, on the Paducal
Railroad, at which point it is pro
psed to erect camp, protesting
against the scheme, was referred
to the Executive Committee.
CUBAN CASE.
NEW YORK, July 26th.-Rober
r. Hind, mate of the steame
AlaWick Castle, which arrived yes
terday from Havana, was taken to
day to the yellow-fever hospital a
the quarantine, where there ar
now six other patients.
DEATHS FOR THE WEEK IN MEM
PHIS.
MEMPHIS, July 26th.-Thirtee
cases in all were reported to tn
Board of Health to day. One ad
ditional death occurred this after
noon, that of Joe Adams, at 70 Cla
street. 1t was thought that tn
Board of Health this afternoo
would declare the fever epidemic
but, after a careful revision of tn
reports from all the undertakers
the result showed that out of Z
deaths reported for the week, bu
81 had died of yellow fever. Th
city authorities have perfected al
arrangements, and will establis
camps early next week.
NEW ORLEANS DIsINFECTING.
NEW ORLEANS, July Goth. h.-Th
Citl1ens' Association will begi
dtsufecting the entire city 0
Monday. There is no fever to datt
NEW YORK, July 2d.-The Time
thiuks the method that the Germa
Parliament has adopted for enfort
ing its new tariff, which prohibit
the passage on railway train
through the Empire of goods |
bond, can hardly fail to prov
highly advantageous to the expol
trade Of this country. Nearly SO,
epty pen cent. of the entire foreig
: trade Of Austro-Hungary passt
I through Germany. The current
! Of trade will be greatly di'
I, tarbed. austria must largely d.
(pend upoy de wearisome nfv
trahion afk-G Danuha n nd on -