The New York herald., 1879-09-10
THE PLAGUE At MEMPHIS.
A Sudden Change Of Weather In
creasing the Death Rate.
TWENTY NEW CASES
Stoppage OF Spanish Steamer
at Quarantine.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

MEMPHIS, Ienn, Sept y, 1913.
Wo are now experiencing the effects Of polar
wave. which has swept down upon us from the
north. At no time to-day has the thermometer
ranged higher than 6S degrees. This morning at
daylight it had dropped to SO degrees and the
pect tonight is that it will go still lower before
morning. cold breeze is blowing from the east and
those whose business calls them out tonight find
overcoats very comfortable. If not real necessity
This sudden change can but prove fatal to many OF
the sick. Twenty of fever were reported
TO the Board of Health to-day. eight of which are
those Of colored persons. The following list en-
braces the whites:-
Mrs. Wells, aged 80 years. corner of Walker and
Carolina streets.
Judge Turner aged 70 years. No. SO Alabama street.
E. c. Brookshire. aged 81. No. 81 Linden street.
Infant of G. G. Brookshire, aged months. No. 81
Linden street.
Mrs. O'Neil, aged 40 years. corner Of Fifth and
Carolina streets
Mary Ward, aged 10 years. City Hospital.
Edward Brennan, aged 4s years. City Hospital.
Albert Landon, aged % years. City Hospital
Maggie Bennett, aged So years. No. 164 Poplar
street.
Mary R. Farr. aged s5 years. Corner of Broadway
and Second street.
Mary D. Lee. aged "a years. No. s5 Third street.
DEATHS.
The death list is as follows:-
JOSEPH BUCHIGNANI. aged 43 years. No. 144
Beale street.
CHARLES BIERMAN, aged years, No. 229 Second
street:
WILLIAM MERRIWITT. aged 25 years. No. II
Beale street.
JOHN BROWN. aged so years, Gayazo House,
SUSAN IRWIN. aged 20 years. No. II Jessamine
street.
MAGGIE BENNETT. aged s5 years. No. 1s4 Poplar
street.
ELIAS BERRIN (colored). aged 80 years. No. 156
Beale street.
LIMA HARRISON (colored). aged 90 years. Linden
street.
GEORGE HILL. aged IS years. No. 27s Linden
street.
MAGGIE OWENS aged Is years. No. 800 Washing
ton street.
ASSIGNED.
Twenty-Five nurses were sent out by the Howards
to-day Among those supplied with them were the
fonowing:-
Tim Keith aged IS years, Charleston House.
John Powers. aged 80 years. No. Ill Front street.
Mrs. Barbara Altman. aged 35 years, corner Of
Greenlaw and Fourth streets.
Frank Davidson. aged 81 years, Thomas avenue.
Mike O'Neil. aged 40 years. corner OF Fifth and
Carolina streets.
Willie Seidel aged 16 years. No. 1876 Union street.
r. L. Gunser, fernando road.
SISTER CHARITY SICK.
Sister Aoysous. Of the four Sisters Of Charity
Who in charge of the building used by the How
ard Association asylum for the care of the
children whose parents have died by yellow fever.
was stricken this afternoon. She is the youngest
sister, being only twenty years of age. She has had
or was supposed to have had. the fever last year.
There are thirty orphans in this establishment.
A meeting held late this afternoon at the
Beale Street Market House, which was attended by
about thousand persons, nineteen -twentieths of
whom colored. Speeches made by Mr..
John League, Edward Shaw, Rev. James Lott. Henry
Trowbridge and Mr.. Strickland. A committee was
appointed to confer with the authorities in refer
to the enforcement Of the quarantine laws par
ticularly rule 6. The sentiment of the meeting
strongly in opposition to the present quarantine
regulations of the State Board Of Health.
DONATIONS.
The donations to the Howards to-day were as fol
lows:-
Alfred Field Il Co., New York $25 90
Turner Il Houck, Memphis. Observation-Disclosures. 200 90
New York Sun, per w. w. Thatcher. .......... II 55
Citizens Relief Committee Dayton. Ohio.... II 20
Phillips Hunt, Agents Methodist Book Con-
william Alexander smith. New York ......... 20 90
Total.. $522 06
ANOTHER APPEAL.
The following has been received here:-
To THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENT
Please send tho following:-To all Federal Sol
diers-Again we call for help. Let not starve.
The Howards do not provide for the city
government We need money, provisions and
blankets The fever will not subside before frost
ALI business Is stopped and will not reopen till win
ber. II. +. HILL Captain Ninth Illinois Cavalry,
Chairman of tho Relief Association.
+. B. MILLAliD, Secretary,
No. AZ North Court street.
YELLOW FEVER APPLY.
At meeting of the Howard Association held last
night. the following resolutions adopted
Resolved First--That from and after this date the
Howard Association will not provide for any but
yellow fever patients, and that phi sicians and
visitors be and hereby Instructed to relieYa all