Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-17
THE FUNDS.

THE FUNDS. .....'
WASHINGTON. August 16.-Col. John P.
Brownlow, son of the late Parson Brownlow,
has accepted a position in the interior depart
ment.
Compt, oller Porter of the treasury depart
ment says if the national board of health is of
the opinion that the contribution for the sup
port of the people of Memphis in camps, is
absolutely necessary to prevent the spread of
yellow fever into other States, the reouisition
upon $500, 900 appropriated by Congress will
be houored.
ONLY ONE CASE.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 16.-But one new case report
ed to the board of health up to noon, that of
E. P. Leake. Seven deaths have occurred since
last night-C. E. Kiles, Mrs. Ellen Cunning
ham. Andrew Shelton, VIM. Murray, George
Getz. Fritz Osterman and Gus Atchison, color
ed. The weather continues chilly.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 16.-Twenty-two cases in all
were reported to the board of health to-day.
fourteen colored, among whom were W. ii.
Ennis Anton Franklin, Mrs. s. E. Butler and
Cordelia Atwood. No deaths since noon. All
the prominent sick are reported doing we'll to-
night. An experienced fever nurse was tele-
graphed for to-day to go to Barley station,
Tenn, twenty miles east of Memphis, on the
Charleston railroad. Another case of fever de-
velopcd at White Haven, Tenn, the child of A.
L. Golf, ticket agent.
THE LATEST.
The Towards sent nurse this afternoon
DR.. ". L. Coleman, of San Antonio, Texas,
who was ordered by the State board of health
to investigate the origin of the fever prevailing
in this city, has been quietly at work for a
mouth past. While he is not at liberty to
make the manner in which the germs were in
troduced public, yet his investigations convince
him ,they were imported direct from the West
Indies, and that they passed the New Orleans
quarantine unchallenged and arrived in this
city some time in June. The Howard Associa-
ton have 207 nurses attending 1876 sick
families, 120 of whom are whites, rs colored.
Their expenses daily aggregate 5000. The
total deaths from fever for the week ending at
P. M. tonight are 46. Total to date l39.
Weather clear and cool. The thermometer has
not ranged higher than Is during the day.
The steamer John John Overton, from
Paducah, arrived at noon. 81. Pickett, city
editor of the Aualanche, is down with the
fever.
MEMPHIS Aug. 16.-At conference held this
day at Mckenzie, Tenn, there were present:
DIR. j. s. Billings, DIR. R. w. Mitchell, member
of the .ational board of health, DR.. D. J. Plum.
kett, president, and John Johnston, member of
the STATE board of health, D. T. Porter, presi-
dent of the taxing district of Shelby county,
DR.. D. B. Thornton. president of the board of
health, and A. d. Langstaff. president of the
Howard association, of the same place. DR..
Billings was called to the chair, and Mr.. Lang
stated the object of the meeting to be to confer
with each other in regard to what Memphis
required, and the possibility of obtaining
assistance from the national board of
health. He then read the laws as
passed by the last Congress to govern
tnn ro1 orl rs
lures, which are as follows: That the national
board of health shall cooperate with, and so
far as it is lawful may aid the State and NUM-
cipal board OF health in the execution and en-
forcement of its rules and regulations of such
boards to prevent the introduction of con-
tagious or Infectious diseases into the United
States from foreign countries and into one
State from another. DR.. Billings stated that
the Intentions of Congress was undoubtedly to
provide for quarantine resolutions and not for
local sanitation, furnishing food. etc., by the
national board. The national board, have,
however, taken ground from the first outbreak
of yellow fever in Memphis that it is its duty
to prevent the disease spreading to adj lining
States, and could be best performed by
limiting the disease as to Memphis
by all possible means. To this
end, as soon as the approval of the accounting
funds to the aggregate of $15 600 was placed in
the hands of treasury officers. Bills were ap-
proved by the State Board of Tennessee for the
expense of such protective measures by the
local board Of health of Memphis as has
been appointed by said board within the
city, inspections of trains and boats leaving
Mem his, to protect the surrounding country.
He further stat ed that greater satisfaction is
felt throue bout the couutry at the prompt
manner in which Memphis was emptied of the
greater part of her citizens without
injecting other places. He expressed doubts
as to the possibility of being
allowed to- use the funds of the
national board of health to provide rations,
but said the question was now before the proper
legal authorities at Washington for decision,
but under no circumstances would the board
issue rations elsewhere than to persons in camp.
since to do so would be clearly tending to spread
instead of to restrict the fever. Funds are
now on hand to meet bills for inspection dis
infection, etc., and acquisitions from the State
board of health for such purpose will hereafter
be promptly met. Several eminent chemists
and sanitarians have been engaged, at the re-
quest of the national board of health, in pre-
pairing detailed instructions for disiufec-
ton, and it is hoped that these in
structions can be telegraphed. in an
day or two, to Memphis. he proposes that a
careful sanitary survey of the city. with refer
ence to permanently freeing the city from the
causes of yellow fever, shall be made b COM
petent engineers and sanitarlans, so 5000 as
the survey can be made without danger, and
when this can be done the national board of
health will declare such survey is de ired by
authority. DR.. Plunkett stated that the State
board OF health of health Of Tennessee would
at once cause regulation, having the force of
law with regard to securing isolation of sick
and infected localities. DIR. Porter
stated he would enforce the regulations
strictly through the local board Of health
and other questions were discussed looking to
the future harmonious working of the several
boards represented. Among the matters dis
cussed was the resignation OF John Johnson
which was rendered several days ago to the
State board of health, but which was not ac-
cepted by said board. Mr.. Johnion being as
sured that the public good demanded the with
drawal of his resignation withdrew it. The
resignation was not caused by any questionable
transaction, as has been stated by the press. or
by personal misunderstanding. The thanks of
the gentlemen present was rendered to the
Louisville q Great Southern railroad for speoial
trains. to the Chicago st. Louis & New Orleans
railroad, ard Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis railroad for courtesies of free Transport
tation furnished them.
NONE AT MAYoRsvnLE
CAIRO, I'LL, Aug. 16.-The following from
the State board of health of Mississippi is lust
received: Mayorsville, Miss, Aug. 16.-To J.
Il. Rauch, Csiro No case of yellow fever here
now. (Signed) Vert johnson.
CAIRO REGULATIONS
CAIRO, ILL.,, Aug. 16.-The local board of
health to-day adopted resolution that boats
which had not landed within sixty miles of the
infected part be permitted to land, provided no
passengers or freight be discharged until an
ocean bill Of health from the inspection station
at Island is shown, also the usual certificate
from passengers that they have not been in the
infected district within fifteen DAYS.
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