Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-20
NEW CASES DEVELOPED.

NEW CASES DEVELOPED.
MEMPHIS, July 19.-Three new cases were
reported to the board of health this morning
Louisa j. and Viola Godsey, two sisters re-
siding at No. rs Branford street, and Tom
Herman, passenger agent of the Memphis &
Charleston railroad. The illness of the
Godsey sisters can be traced to infection of
the Tobin family who recently died of yell
low fever. The young ladies were in attend
ance on Mrs. Tobin until her case was pro-
nounced yellow fever. These cases dispel
the sporadic theory. Hiram, Alley, son of
chief of police Athey, is dying, although
his case has not as yet been repol ted to
the board of health as yellow fever. The
chiefs residence is in the neighborhood,
as is also Tom Kernan's. The reported
death Of Fred. Eckers was premature; he is
living, but lies in a very critical condition.
The weather is warm and sultry with occa-
sional showers. The development of new
cases have given fresh impetus to the exodus
of citizens.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 10, P. M.-Lewis
Brumand, aged 81, residence Hammond road,
near Leaney's Switch, has just been report
ed to the board of health as another new
case of yellow fever.
A GENERAL STAMPEDE.
MEMPHIS, July 19.-Another genuine STAN
pede of citizens is in progress. The rush
of railroad tickets this afternoon, recalls the
scenes of last Thursday week, when 5000
persons left the city. The desire of all who
can go is Ego at once" and there will be a
jam on all the trains leaving Memphis to-
night. The officer of the Hebrew hospital
association to-day, furnished 100 Jewish
families with the necessary funds to obtain
means of transportation to distant cities.
The city authorities are also sending all
widows and children out of the city. Three
new cases were reported to the Board of
Health this afternoon. Resmodel, residing at
81 Clay street, and two children. These
make as the total number OF new cases re-
ported for to-day. There are several sick
people in the neighborhood of Clay street,
whose cases are to say the least, very suspi-
cious. Business is paralyzed, and many re-
tail merchants are closing their stores, Fred
Eckers died. This afternoon, Mrs. Robt.
Hester, Chief Police Alleys son are both in
critical condition.
Mrs. Robert Hester died tonight at 9
o'clock. The remainder of the family are
progressing favorably. Nearly all the small
towns adjacent, have enforced quarantine
against the city.
THE SITUATION AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, July 19.-The Auxiliary
Sanitary association sent a despatch to
the governor Of Texas and the
president of the board of health at Calves
ton. suggesting the resembling of
quarantine against New Orleans, and de-
claring there has not been case of yellow
fever in New Orleans this season. The
board of health now enforce strict quaran-
tine against Memphis. DR.. Chop in was in
structed to telegraph the president of the
Galveston board of health that rigid quar-
antine against Memphis is in full force
that no case of yellow fever existed in the
city. DR.. rutherford, medical agent of
Texas, telegraphed DR.. Chopin that quaran-
tine against New Orleans was unwarranted
and precipltate, and he had sent protest to
the Governor, and requested him to suspend
his official sanction of the Galveston quar-
antine against New Orleans.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, July 19.-As to the city, estab-
fishing quarantine against Memphis, the fol
lowing from the Post and Ne1os of to- day fair
ly represents the public sentiment: We cannot
afford to go back on our humane and sensi-
bic record of last year, and there is no rea.
son to do SO, but it would be we'll for some
system to be adopted by which officers should
be stationed at some point down the road,
with strict instructions and full authority to
stop the bringing of suspicious baggage into
our hotels and boarding houses, and to turn
every case of disease which could possibly be
regarded as even incipient yellow fever, aside,
to yellow fever hospital That would be
enough, while the city of Memphis is not
under the epidemic cloud nor suffering from
more than dozen cases. and these were not
caught one from the other. It would be an
unnecessary hardship to put the wives and
children off the train outside the city. We
must keep the yellow fever out, but we must
let the healthy come, and this is not i'm
possible. 1t seems to us we must not let
fleeing families with bundles of bedclothes
and other domestic rubbish into the city,
but where men and women in perfect health,
with change of clothing wish to come,
they must be permitted. 1t would be folly
to try to prevent them. We can be more
careful than last year, and still lose none of
our good name for humanity.
SANITARY REGULATIONS.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 19.-At o meeting
of the board of health this afternoon the
rules and regulations of the sanitary council
of the Mississippi valley were adopted. The
rules relate to the inspection of steamboats,
carrying passengers and freights from river
and gulf ports to the interior, and to the
more effective quarantining of railroads.
The regulations touching railroads require
extreme sanitary care of depots, stations,
round houses, car-shops, grounds, water
closets and privies, which must be daily in
spected by local railroad agent or official
who is to use disinfecting material every
week where it is necessary. The points re-
lating to quarantine are important and are
as follows:
Whenever a railroad train departs from an
infected station. no person infected with
fever shall be allowed to take passage on
such train. The baggage from such infected
station shall be thoroughly disinfected be-
fore leaving such railroad station. At point
not less than fifty, nor more than rs miles
from the point of departure from an infected
place, there shall be an entire transfer of
passengers and baggage to another train of
cars, which train shall never enter an in
fected district without supervision of
medical officer, and no person with fever
shall be allowed to proceed
on this train, but shall return
to the point of departure, or be treated in
hospital at the place of transfer. The cars
which carry freight without breaking bulk
may pass without tariff if the freight cars
are ventilated in such way that constant
current of air passes through the whole
length OF the Car during transit. Way
freight shall be transferred at point not
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