The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-30
Fewer Cases Of Yellow Fever Re,
ported at Memphis.
The Establishment Of a Camp for tho
Poor People.
The Two Congressional Committees
at Chicago and Cincinnati,
investigating Labor Depression and
Election Frauds,
Make No Startling Disclosures in
Either Case.
A Disease Akin to Cholera Raging ID
iowa Towns.

A Disease Akin to Cholera Raging In
iowa Towns.
YELLOW FEVER.
The Situation at lIemphis-No Addi.
nonal Cases Reported At New Or
leans.
MEMPHIS, July 29.-six new cases Of fe-
yer were reported to the Board Of Health
this morning. Among the number, s. A.
Hatcher, OF R. L. Cochran ( Co., Maria
Lanahan, E. Rosenheim, Tony Battoe.
Late last night messenger arrived from
Raleigh, Tenn, for nurse to attend Dora,
daughter Of Chief Of Police Athey, who
was reported down with fever.
Col. Cameron, with his detail Of colored
soldiers, took quiet possession OF the
grounds that had been selected as camp,
and by six o'clock this morning had one
hundred and twenty-five tents erected.
The first train with refugees will leave at
Eve o'clock.
The policy of the authorities to furnish
rations only to those who are in the
camps will be strictly observed.
All mail matter leaving the city Is thor
oughly disiniected under the personal su-
peryision of the inspecting officers Of the
National Board Of Health.
The weather remains sultry. -
Later Reports.
Two more cases were reported to the
Board Of Health this afternoon. Four
deaths from yellow fever have been re-
ported by the undertakers. Ada Hicks,
colored, Easter Otey. colored, Bridget
Twomey and John Twomey. The two
last have never been reported to the Board
OF Health. as having the yellow fever;
neither did the burial certificate have the
signature Of the attending physician, but
as both died within two hours OF each
other, and had the black vomit Just prev
ious TO the dissolution, It was presumed by
the undertakers that they had died from
yellow fever. f'''' ~ ~
A colored man named q. Wiggin, also
died to-day. He had no physician and
member of the Howard Association,
whose attention was called to the death,
had him buried and signed the certificate
yellow fever, The Board OF Health, how
ever, refused to recognize the signature,
and classed the death as unknown.
About 80 people went down TO the camp
this afternoon. The weather has greatly
interfered with the removal OF the poor.
The camp has been named Camp Marks
in honor Of the Governor. f$S
The Howard Association to-day assigned
ten additional nurses 10 duty.
An aged negro named Billy Mcdonald,
who had been left in charge Of, Mrs. AL.
lens residence near henorth gate Of Elm.
wood Cemetery, was found dead this
morning. Some unknown party murdered
him. There is no clue to the cause or the
assassin. s-s5.r-sr.,H
Samuel A. Hutcher is reported to be in
a critical condition tonight.
Further Quarantine Precautions.
LOUISVILLE, July 29.-The quarantine is
being made more effective by the Health
Officer, and the President Of the Board Of
Health to-day issued instructions to the
managers and conductors OF all railroads,
as also to the owners and officers OF steam.
boats arriving at and departing from the
city OF Louisville, to allow no baggage to
pass in or out OF the city until the same
shall have been inspected and disinlected.
Persons leaving the city, no matter in
which direction they may go, will be COM
PEELED to have their baggage checked by
one OF the quarantine officers before the
same will be allowed to leave the depot at
this point. No new cases Of yellow fever
have have been reported here, and the
only ones we have are four in the yellow
fever hospital, all imported cases, and all
doing well.
No New Cases at New Orleans.
NEw ORLEANS, July 29.-No new cases
are reported in the city. A little child at
No. los Bourbon street, brought here sick
on Sunday night, from Morgan City, has
the black yomit and will die. The Nor.
gan City authorities sent the child and Its
parents TO this city. 2tI
Thework Of disinfecting the city,is 60
ing on.vigorously In the Fourth District,
Every place has been disintected from tie
river to Camp street and from Seventh to
Jackson. Similar work Is progressing rap
idly in the First and Second Districts.
quarantine Against New Orleans.
Montgomery, Ala, and Vicksburg, Miss,
have established quarantine against New
tSn. oIteans. IN M. consequense Oh posSipie IN
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moist cleansinv, TO be- followed by fumes Of
burning sulphur at the fate Of eighteen
ounces per ], 900 cubic feet OF the space to