American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-26
THE YELLOW FEVER.

The steamer Grand Tower, from St.
Louis, was refused permission to land at
Vicksburg or Delta, La, because she
stopped at Memphis. The boat was forced
to take her cargo back to st. Louis.
A Havana (Cuba) dispatch of the
18th says: The Commission appointed by
the National Board of Health of the United
States for the purpose of studying yellow
fever symptoms, development and treat
ment in Havana, is prosecuting its work
here assiduously. During the last week
there were lit deaths from yellow fever in
Havana.
The Tennessee State Board of Health,
on the 18th, decided to suspend after the
21st inst. the quarantine regulations at
Memphis, in case no further cases of fever
appeared. Quarantine against Memphis
was also abolished at New Orleans, Cairo,
and some other points.
On account of quarantine against
Memphis mail matter-for Arkansas and
Texas will be sent via St. Louis, as was
done during the yellow fever epidemic last
year.
The yellow fever excitement at Mem
phis, which for few days had been almost
entirely allayed by reason of no new cases
being reported, on the 18th received fresh
impetus, five additional cases of unmistaka-
BILE yellow fever being announced by the
Board Of Health and rumor placing a num-
Der of other suspiciously sick people
among the yellow fever victims. The
five cases reported were members of two
families named Hester, residing in a small
double tenement at "a and SO Clay Street.
about 100 yards in a direct westerly direc-
ton from the residence of Judge Ray.
Robert Hester and wife and Mrs. James
Hester and her two children were the per-
sons afflicted. Mrs. James Hester died al
noon on the 18th of black vomit. Robert
and James Hester are both river men. There
were said to be 10 other people sick in the
same neighborhood with what the doctors
called intermittent fever. The official an
nouncement of these cases resulted in the
speedy determination of many other people
to leave the city, although there was no evi.
dence of panic such as prevailed on the
first announcement of yellow fever cases.
The brig Shasta of New York, from
Port-au- Prince, st. Domingo, bound to
Chester, Pa, was reported in great distress
II miles below Philadelphia, on the 18th
OF nine men on board seven were down with
yellow fever. Four deaths had occurred
the captain being among the number.
On the 18th, five new cases of yellow
fever were officially reported in Memphis
and there was one death, that of Fred. Eek.
ers, barber, residing at 101 Beale Street
He died within three hours after being re.
ported. The other sick were j. NJ. William.
son, Mrs. B. Adams, Miss Mollie Ham.
merle and Miss Kate Watson. These
latter cases were all in the vicinity
of the Hester house. The sporadic theory
of the disease was pretty generally abandon.
ed in view Of recent developments showing
its undoubted contagious character. The
exodus Of citizens continued, and business
was almost entirely suspended. The Man
haitian and Emmett Banks closed
their doors, turning over theil
business to the remaining banks. The
Chickasaw Guards and Bluff City Guards
go into camp at GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Quaran'
tine against Memphis was re-established al
points where it had been temporarily sus-
pended, and Galveston quarantined against
New Orleans, on account of the latter city
raising its emb argo against Memphis.
There were seven new cases of yellow
fever officially reported to the Memphi,
Board of Health on the 18th, with one
death-that of Mrs. Robert Hester. On the
19th, 10 additional cases were reported and
four deaths, the latter being Hiram Athy
Louis Dotto, James Whelan and Loui,