The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-08
Dlshearteniug Increase Of Yellow
Fever Cases at Memphis.
New Orleans Declared to be Entirely
Free Of Fever.
Maryland State Democratic Con-
Vention.
The Platform Endorses the Con-
federate Brigadiers, Of Course. E
Bankers Convention at Saratoga
Yesterday.
Some Truthful Statements from
Comptroller Knox.
Evidence in the Butterworth- Young
investigation.
YELLOW FEVER.

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MRMPmls, August There were eleven
new cases reported to the Board OF Health
this morning, seven OF whom were colored.
The whites are Mike Downer, John Swan,
T. N. Tigh and Miss Amelia Herman. Two
deaths have occurred since last night, Mike
Holly and Leomie Cherot, preScriptionist
at Montraths drug store, Beal street. Mrs.
| 7. NJ. TiGh is also down with fever, at her
residence on Walker avenue, beyond the
city limits. Ed. Moon is still alive. The
weather issultry. Heavy storms prevailed
last night to the north OF Memphis. A
light shower iell in the city near daylight.
An Alarming Increase.
MEMrIus, August 7.-Twcnty.nine cases
in all, including five mentioned in these
dispatches last night were reported to the
Board OF Health for the twenty.tour hours
ending at +. NJ. Nineteen OF these were
colored. Among the whites reported this
afternoon were K. f. Webb, Lizzie Cat
chell and Lizzie Todd. Three additional
deaths have occurred Kate Holly, Fred.
H0llander and Jessie Head, colOred. This
marked increase in the number Of new
cases plainly indicates that the tever is
spreading rapidly.
The Howard Association to-day assign.
ed twenty-five additional nurses to duty.
Their daily expenses now aggregate near
500. T.. d. Moons condition tonight is
more favorable than last evening. K. f.
Webb is in critical condition. Mrs.
Fag-s and the remaining two OF her child.
ren we're proStrated this afternoon. Their
cases will be reported tomorrow. The en.
tire family OF the mother, four children ARE
down with the disease. Commencing to.
morrow. the semi-weekly mail will be re.
covered and sent 10 Grenada, Miss, via
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad.
Il raiued heavily this afternoon. An.
other storm from the South is threatened.
The Committee of Safety sent circular let.
tiers 10 the absent Mcmphians in orher
cities, asking their assistance towards sup.
porting the poor now in camp.
New Orleans All Right.
NEw ORLEANS. 4 AHRus; The Board Of
Health tonight adopted the following:
E,uic"i. That there is not now a single
ease OF yellow fever in the city or envirous
OF New Orleans. That in the opinion OF
the Board cCncurrcd in by the entire
medical profession OF this city, there is no
danger OF an epidemic rising this summer
from past or future causes, should such
ucCUr.
The grave danger 10 be apprehendei
from the introduction OF foreign cases the
Board of Health is determined TO avert By
the strictest and most unrcmltting vigil
anCe.
The above resolution WAS preceded hy u
declaration that the city is entirely free
from contagious disease and suggesting
that the quarantine against New orleans
be removed.
The Board OF Health granted DR.. Chap
pin leave nj absence until he RECEIVERS his
health.
Information is received that the quaran.
tines against New Orleans have been re.
moved by Grenada, Miss, and other
points on the Jackson road.
Official status Of National Health IOnr,I.
WAsuI>oS, Angus, Judge Tarbell,
Deputy First Comptroller Of the Treasury.
has given 4 decision in the question re-
Gently raised by the National Bolrl Of
Health. as TO the official status OF the
health officers appointed by State ami
local boards and paid out Of the funds OF
the National Board on the application Of
local organizations ipr aid. Judge Tar
bell holds that the appointees of local or.
ganizations are at the most only agents OF
the National Board, aud that the mere
lac; that the rules oi the latter require
money in aid OF local boards to he paid
directly to their employees and not to the
boards themselves ior discretionary use
does not make said employees United
States officers. JnigcTarDeiI recommends
however. ,ha, all such appointccS he re.
Quircd to certify under oath to the cor.
rcctncss OF their accounts and the amount
Of their compensation