The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-09-11
YELLOW-FEVER NEWS.

Two MILD cases of yellow fever were
sent to the quarantine hospital at st. Louis
on the Goth, one of them being from Mem.
phis, and the other steward of river
steamer.
The Spanish Government has re.
Gently decreed that all vessels arriving al
ports of that country from the Southern
States Of North America must undergo quar-.
antine.
AcAsE of yellow fever he'd developed
at Bartlett, Tenn, on the 2sth. the sick per.
son being negro whose infection could be
traced to Memphis.
OF six yellow-fever cases on board q
bark from Havana at the New Orleans quaran-
tine station three died on the 18th. A young
lady in the city was reported sick with the
fever. She was attacked by the disease on the
18th. Her little brother died of yellow fever
on the 3lst of July.
A TELEGRAM from Germantown,
Tenn, on the 3lst ult. announced Julian Bed
ford down with the fever at Bailey station
His son died of the disease about two weeks
before.
ONE new case was reported in New
Orleans on the 3lst ult. General j. B. Hood,
the noted Confederate General, died on the
morning of the 3Oth, and his daughter Lydia
on the night following. Another child of the
family was very sick.
IHIRTY-EIGHT new cases twenty.
one whites) and ten deaths were reported in
Memphis on the 3oth ult The number Of
new cases during the week was 17l-eightv.
vuhi tncn v,l of.r
cases to date, S4S. Deaths during the week
fifty-one; total to date, 22S. Twenty new
cases (thirteen colored) were reported on the
3lst ult; deaths, five On the Both the How.
ard Association reported 20S nurses on duty
in 1913 families-l32 white aud sixty.one
colored.
Houston, Tex, having quarantined
against the City of Galveston, the Governor
OF the State issued proclamation on the
18th ult. ordering the restriction removed,
and on the Both train left the latter city fol
the purpose of testing whether the former
place would insist on enforcing the quaran-
tine. Va board the train were Unite States
Marshal and several deputies and other Of
metals. The train was stopped at the county
line by the Houston Health Officer, who was
PROMPTLY arrested, as was also the Health
Officer at Websterville. Both were re.
leased on bonds. When the train arrived
at the city limits of Houston it was halted by
the whole police force of the city. The
United States Marshal, having deputized
about one hundred persons on the train. ar.
rested the police. On entering the city the
United States officers we're themselves ar.
rested by the city authorities and taken be.
fore the Mayor. Bonds of fifty dollars each
were demanded for their appearance I'm cour,
ON the morning of the LIST, which the prisoners
refused to give. United States District At
torney Holman, who was one of the party.
said they had acted under authority of the
United States Government and by orders OF
Governor Roberts, of Texas. He showed dis.
patches from the Governor to the conducto,
OF the train telling him to take the train
through at all hazards e
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL
KIRBY died at the New York quarantine hos,
pital on the LIST. of yellow fever. He CON
tracted the disease while In charge of 8
schooner from Port au Prince.
THERE were three new cases of feve,
In New Orleans on tina let, one of them being
the son Jagged eight years. of the late General
Hood. One death was reported