Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-01
SOUTHERN PLAGUE.
THE FEVER RECORD FOR TWO DAYS.
fifty-Eight New Cases Reported Saturday
and Sunday-The Situation at
New 0rleans-0eath Of
General Hood.


cases. white and : colored, were re-
ported to the Board of Health this
morning. Six interments since last
evening have been reported by the un-
dertakrrs. Among the number were;
John Il. Hoffman, a member OF the
firm ot Mitchell 4 Hoffman, Eugenia
Bo.,is. stella Wolfe, Frank W. Glenn
mons, a nephew Of A. J. White and
Mrs. John Pope.
MEMPHIS, August SO.-There were IS
cases in all, 2l white and l. cOlOred re-
ported to the Board of Health. -Four
additional deaths have occurred, that OF
Mrs. Sophia Falkenberg and three
colhred. The total number OF new eases
rep,rted for the week was l4l, whites
s. and colored -. The total number To
date i SIS. Total number OF deaths
from yellow fever Tor the week was 9l:
tot,l number 10 date is 223S. The How
arl Association reports having 2On
nurses ON duty in 1913 families, lS2
whites and 6l COlOred. There We're %
nurses assigned to duty to-day.
MEuPuIs. August Sl.-Twenty cases,
seven white and thirteen Colored. were
rep,rtrd Ia the Board oi Health to-day.
Among the number were W. /. Berlin,
Mrs. Mary l.. CraiTcy and Walter Il.
Lucas Five deaths have been reported
j. W. Pimm, Nellie Fazzi, and three
COlOred.
A telegram from Germantown, Tenn,
announces that Julian Bedford Is down
81 l..fl 4
he remembered that his son Edwartdied
of fever about two weeks ago. The
HowardS have sent nurse and physl-
clan To that point. Weather Sultry and
warm.
New OrleUns.
Nr,v ORLEANS. August 3l.-A paper
signed &. Il. White, sanitary Director,
AMI Edward Fenner, Vice President OF
In. Sanitary auxiliary Association, and
approved bv Dr. :. VI. BemiS, ot the
National Board Oi Health, SAYS: That
correct information may take the place
of lille and eXtravagant rumOrs, We give
the following list of all cases OF yellow
fever that have occurred. beginning with
the tirS, one here. Here follows list
OF names and dates rs heretofore tele-
grlphed. showing that Is eases have Oc-
Cured. Z recovered, died, 1 under
treatment. since the first OF July, the last
WAS Edith Hood, August %. Fifteen
oI these. eases occurred in III houses IN
pavallrIusram oi three blocks by SIX.
one of the other two cases, the genuine
ness Of which, after examination, was
doubted bv very high medical authority,
liy,l ON the outskirts of the city IN
close proximity tO the swampS. The
other was an imported case from Nor
gan Citv. After referring Ia the various
sanitary measures adopted hy the board
OF health and Sanitary Auxiliary ASso-
riatinn. and the relief offered by the Ma
tional Board, the report concludes
that having reached September under
the,,. favorable circumstances, u IS not
unreasonable to expect, with the cool
winds and dry weather proper to tins
month. that We will continue tp ENJOY
our present general excellent health,
and ere long hJuj>h the apprchcnSionS
only irlt hy distant communities.
Death Of General Hood.
Nvy OrIr,Ns. August GO.-Gen. j.
II. Hood dicd this morning, and 10 Is also
brliryrd that hi~ daughter LYDIA will
Dot recover. Filth Hood Is also very
Il. 4
pr,.S.inu tu th,. Lust. pcrcelving slight
favorable symptoms he sald To Dr.
RamiSS. We may vet dlSlodse the
enemy" ~ measure of prccautlon
none oi the military asSoclatIons 10
which hc belongs have been invited 10
the funeral lie will be buried this A.
trrurnn. Gen. Hood leaves eleven
children, the eldest ten years and the
Youngest. twins, three weeks OLD HIS
physical condition has been bal Tor
some time, caused, IL Is alleged, hN IT,
nanrial rrvrr~rs. The death ui his wife
affected him very much. lie leaves a
manuscript history oi the war, which he
intended tp publish this fall.
Nr,v ORLEANS, August 30 General
HonI va, buried this afternoon. Only
a few friends oi the family and delega-
tipn of the Association ni the Army ul
the Tennessee attended the funeral. At
the cemetery. however, the curtege was
received nv "A detachment ui Continental
GuIr,lS under Captain IrarCe, who
fired "A salute over the grave.
The Board of Health has ordered all
The sanitary inspectors tu be present at
the meeting tomorrow. The entire IN
frrtrl quarter Of the city Is being again
disinieCted.
New ORLEANS, August 3l.-Lydia
Hood died last night. Another child IL
very sick. Ii has been raining since
noon.
New ORLEANS, Au.hSt S1.-One case
ni fever WIS reported % the Board OF
Health to-day, George Cotton, aged four
wears. taken sick August -. The Board
of Health decided to divide what l.
termed tine infected district into seven
sections. each under inspectors, the
whole under the sanitary Inspector ot
the fourth district, requiring daily re-
ports. pisjniccting will hr continued
throughout that quarter and every cSort
mldeto pceveu the spread Of tee fever.