Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-07-21
YELLOW FEVER.
The Disease is Expected to Prove Epid.
emic.
Great Uneasiness and an Exodus COnse.
quent.
Fifteen new Cases Reported.

MEMPHIS, July 10. S special saws the
cessation of business has thrown 1000 upon
charity, and only a few of the wealthy remain
to battle the disease and help the pauper null
titude.
Some fifteen or twenty cases of yellow fe-
yer in Clay street.
The scattered and widely distant localities
where the sick are, indicate that the fever
poison is in the air, an it is believed will
shortly be epidemic The Howard Associa-
ton will not commence labors until it be
| comes so.
Three new cases reported this morning,
Louisa T. and Viola Godsey and Tom Ker-
nan, passenger agent of the Memphis and
Charlestown railroad. The illness of the
tiodsey sisters can be traced to infection
from the Tobn family. The young ladies
were attendants upon Mrs. Tobin until the
case was pronounced yelew fever. These
cases dispel the spazmodic theory Hiram
Athy, son of the chief of the police is dying,
but the case is not yet reported yellew fever.
The chiefs residence is in the neighborhood
of the Tobin dwelling, as also Kenan's. The
developement of new cases gives fresh impe-
tus to the exodus.
dispatch records great uncasiness and
exodus consequent upon case OF fever at
Martin, and reports from Memphis The
board of health has ordered strict railroad
quarantine.
Lewis Brumond aged 81, is reported as an
other new ease.
general stampede of citizens will take
place Tomorrow, not less than 1000 people
being about to leave the city.
WAsHISGToN, July 10. \ telegram from
DR.. Mitchell received by the board of health
last evening declares the city dangerously in
fected. Another dispatch received at noon
to-day, reports the disease spreading.
Upon inquiry at the rooms of the National
Board of Health regarding the rigid quaran-
tine declared against New Orleans by Calves
ton, 1t was stated that a request was received
by the Treasury department for placing GUS
tom officers outside Galveston has been re-
forred to- the board, but they contend that
they have no jurisdiction in the matter of
Galveston quarantine in consequence of rules
and regulations not being accepted by Texas,
as laid down by the board.
The health officers of Texas say that they
don't approve of the course persued by Calves
ton.
The States which have accepted the rules
of the board of health are Louisiana, Miss
issippi Tennessee and New Jersey.
HUNTSVILLE, W. Va, July 10. There is
Indignation here at the people Of Memphis
sending goods here for storage. Hotels and
storehouses are filled with Memphis refugees.
PHILADELPHIA, July 49, The physicians
at quarantine reports yellow fever patients
generally improved except Capt Batson who
is better.
LOUISVILLE, July 10. The board of health
adopted the rules and regulations of the San
itary Council of the Mississippi valley.
These rule relate to the inspection of steam
boats carrying passengers and freight from
the river and gulf ports to the interior, and
to more effective quarantine on railroads.
The regulations touching railroads require
extreme sanitary care of dcpOts stations,
round houses, car shop grounds, water clos
cts and privics which must be daily inspected
uy local railroad agents who are to use olsen
fecting materials each week if necessary.
The points relating to quarantine are i'm
portant and are as follows
Whenever train departs from an infected
station. no person with the fever shall be al
lowed to take passage. The baggage from
such an infected station shall be thoroughly
disnfected before leaving such station, at a
point not less than 80 nor more than - miles
from the point of departure. There shall be
an entire change of passengers and baggage
to another train, which train shall not pass
through an infected town. This transfer
shall he made under the supervision of
medical officer and no person with the yellow
fever shall be allowed to take passage on the
train, but shall be taken to the point of de-
parture or treated at nearest hospital.
The Hospital Association to-day furnished
100 Jewish families with funds to proceed
to distant cities. The authosities are also
sending widows and children from the city.
Three new cases were reported to the board
of health this afternoon.
MEMPHIS. July 20. Ten new cases were
reported to the Board of Health to-day and
many other cases are not yet in. Physicians
say the fever is not so malignant as last year
and Yields more readily TO treatment.