Daily globe., 1879-07-29
THREE NEW CASES, NO DEATHS.

reported to the board of health this morn
ing. No death had occurred. A detail of
twenty-five men from the colored military
company has been made to do police duty
during the day, as the entire strength of the
regular police force has been assigned to
night service. It has been raining steady
since daylight. DR.. Samuel j. Fox, of En-
mis-, Texas, arrived this morning. He will
be sent out of the city tonight by order Of
John johnson, superintendent of quarantine,
as the doctor has never had the fever, and
the inspectors at quarantine stations have
been instructed to permit no unacclimated
people to enter the city.
TEN GASES, TWO DEATHS.
MEMPHIS, July 28.-Ten additional cases
we're reported to the board of health this
afternoon, six of whom are colored. Two
deaths from yellow fever occurred, one, how
eveS, beyond the city limits.
THE CENSUS.
The special policemen engaged in taking
census of the city completed their task to-
day. The result shows the population in
Memphis to be 1910; whites 4,2S3, colored
11,829; adults 1861, children $3.50. OF
the whole 9,743 had the fever, leaving 6,367
susceptible to the disease.
CAMP ESTABLISHED.
Failing to secure transportation to the site
selected for the establishment of q camp on
the Paducah railroad, this afternoon at S
o'clock Col. Jno. F. Cameron with detail
of sixteen colored soldiers took passage on
train furnished by Superintendent Mike
Burke, of the Mississippi g. Tennessee rail-
road, and established camp five miles south
of the city, one half mile below where camp
10 William was established last year. Tents
were taken along, and by morning the de-
tail will have fifty tents for occupation.
RAT1oNs. ...
The secretary of war telegraphs D. s.
Porter, chief executive of the city, that ra-
tions will be furnished only to those sick
with yellow fever or in the camps.
COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
A. D. Langstaff, presidenb and Gen. w.
j. Smith, vice president of the Howard asso-
citation, have been added to the executive
committee of safety. -
The steamer Belle of Memphis, from St.
Louis, arrived to-day. She will discharge
her cargo and return to st. Louis tomorrow
morning, taking neither passengers or
freight.
REFUGEE DYING.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, July 29.-Mrs. Loop,
Memphis refugee, has the yellow fever and
will die before morning. She reached here
Monday and was taken sick that night. No
excitement prevails and no fears are enter
tanned of the fever spreading. Tho city is
in an excellent sanitary condition.
AN IMPORTED CASE AT oINo1NNAT1.
CINCINNATI, July 2s.-Chris. Myers, 81
years of age, who left Memphis a few days
ago, called at the health office this afternoon
and stated he believed the yellow fever had
attacked him. After examination the Off
GERS sent him to the hospital as suspicious
case.
DEATH AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, July 28.--Mrs. Pomeroy, who
with child was removed from Preston street
TO the hospital last week, died last night.
The child was suffering from fever, but is do
ing we'll. They arrived from Memphis only
the day before they were removed to the
hospital The death of Mrs. Pomeroy is
the third that has occurred here this year
from yellow fever and the first at the yellow
fever hospital. All of the cases were i'm
ported from Memphis, not a single local
case having occurred.
RESIST THE CAMP.
AT meeting of citizens of Guthrie, KY,
to-day it was resolved that we will resist the
establishment of hospital for yellow fever
at this place with extreme measures if neces-
sary. Guthrie is the State quarantine station
on tue Louisville d Memphis railroad.
DJSCONTTNTrA NfE TT M n mn r>,o
NASHVILLE, July 28--On and after Thurs
day next, the Louisville & Nashville railroad
having determined to discontinue it's trains
between Mckenzie and Memphis, which con-
nect with those of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga u St. Louis railway, trains on the lat
ter road will not go any further than Nc
Kenzie. Nashville will then be without any
direct rail connections with Memphis, the
trains on the Louisville & Nashville railway
stopping at Milan, 100 miles distant, and
those of the Memphis & Charleston at Mos
COW, forty miles distant from Memphis.
Mails will be sent forward on locomotives.
This action will make an absolute quaran-
tine against Memphis.
WELL DEFINED CASE.
ST. LOUIS, July .2s.-Although not officially
reported there is good authority for saying
there is one we'll defined case of yellow fever
at the quarantine hospital, Lizzie Brandy,
two year old child of Mrs. Brandy, of Mem
phis. No steamers have arrived at quaran-
tue to-day.
QUARANTINE AT CAIRO.
ANNA, ILL.,, Jaly 28.-After this date steam.
boats leaving Memphis with passengers or
freight must transfer the same to some other
boat which has not touched at that port since
the oath inst. the date when the city was de-
clared dangerously infected. The transfer
must bs made at a point not less than fifty
miles distant from Memphis. An inspection
OK boats and trains wi be established at
Cairo.
FATAL CASE AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, July 29.-One fatal case of
yellow fever at tho corner of Second and
Constance streets. The steward of the
schooner Freddie E. Ebblitt, from Haytian
ports, was admitted to hospital to-day sick
with fever. Premises filthy and crowded,
No other cases here. The New Orleans
board of health report another case of yell
low fever in the neighborhood of the fatal
case.
NEW ORLEANS, July 2S.--The family OF
the Italian girl who died of yellow fever To-
day moved to another house. The board of
health destroyed all the bedding aud fumi-
gated the premises. The entire neighbor-