The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-19
DEATH CLAIMS ONLY ONE
THE NEW CASES NUMBER q
WHITES AND 13 NEGROES.


Dr Porter Confident that Surgeon
General Hamilton is Doing All that
the Law Allows Him to Do-saun-
ders to be Brought Back without
Fail.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Nov. 1S.-Presi-
dent Neal Mitchelrs official bulletin for the
twenty-four hours ending at o'clock
tonight is as follows:
New cases ........... ...................... II
Deaths Observation-Disclosures.
Total number of cases to date. 4613
Total number Of deaths to date. 39S
THE DEATH.
To-day's death is that OF:
LOUIS HUFBAUER of South Jacksonville.
The new white patients are:
Mrs. PLATT of South Jacksonville.
Mrs. r. T. MASTERS of South jackson
vile.
GEORGE HoULoNCE of Springfield.
CLARENCE ALEXANDER of the Reseville
brick yard.
Four whites and thirteen negroes make
up to-day's total
DR.. PORTER PRAISES HAMILTON.
DR.. Joseph Y. Porter to-day said: 81
have personal knowledge that Surgeon Cen
era Hamilton is doing all that Is in his
power to do, and please permit me to Law
particular emphasis on the word power, to
relieve Jacksonville in the future from
possible contamination from yellow
fever infection, and this knowl-
edge is gained not only from
his acts in approving measures for the
sanitary Improvement of the city just now,
bills amounting to thousands of dollars, but
from his private letters en- the subject, ard
the letters of other persons who have con-
versed lately with him. As a case in point
let me quote from q letter from friend who
is a prominent official in this state, received
only yesterday, in which he remarks, speak
ing of Gen. Hamilton.
PAYMENT FOR PROPERTY.
"He is satisfied, in his opinion, that the
payment for all articles destroyed f.om
sanitary precautions should be made, as
otherwise it would result in the secretion
/ Of some articles, which would cause future
trouble; but he is not in a position, as i un-
Iderstand, to incur this expenditure, from
the fact that the means at his disposal are
no sufficient to justify this undertaking.
pr. hamilton is very solcitous lest yellow
lever shall hnger in the southern counties
# the state, and perhaps, become epidemic,
CONTROL l make this long quotation In
order to demonstrate that the utmost
unanimty of opinion as to the manner of
procedure to thoroughly eradicate the dis
ease from jacksonville and the state, exists
between Surgeon General Hamilton and
myself, and that ne and myself are in per-
feet accord on the measures relating to the
sanitary interests of Jacksonville.
MUST OBEY ORDERS.
He has chief who is commander-in-
chief and it is under his directions solely,
according to the wording of the act creating
the epidemic fund.- that that fund is ex-
pended mean the President of the United
States The announcement that the gov
ernment would only pay for infected ar
ticles destroyed in the houses of the poor
was made, understand, after repeated con-
ferences with the President and the Acting
Secretary of the Treasury, and it is but
natural TO suppose that there must be some
legal difficulty i'll the way to pre-
vent what every one, professional or
lay, comedies to be the only practicable
measure to be adopted in this matter. No
feeling of amin sity or prejudice could be
aScribed O President Cleveland as existing
toward jacksonville, where he was SO hand
some and Hospitality entertained last
winter, and whatever his decision in the
matter may be, | think all fair-minded
persons will concedo it 10 have been made
according to his conception of tho law.
Surgeon General Hamilton and myself
agree perfectly on this point, but the chief
and subordinate are both subordinate to a
higher authority, the law"
SAUNDERS FIGHTING HARD.
In consequence of the requisition papers
authorizing the bringing back to this city
Of j. w. Saunders having to be sent here
Tor tho clerk Of tho ri n ion II
is unlikely that Officer Norris will arrive
with his prisoner before tomorrow. There
was rumor on Bay street tonight that
saunders was released on account of de-
ayed papers Steve Wigglns denies the
rumor, however, but acknowledges that a
writ OF habeas corpus was taken out by
Saunders attorney, Mr. Pope. Mr.. Wig
gins has telegraghed to Atlanta to employ
counsel, and he says that he is assured that
the prisoner will see Jacksonville inside of
two days.
SOUTH JACKSoNvTLLE's INFECTION.
While the fever seems to have about spent
M iLs force In the city proper, virulent type
OF 1t has been developed in South Jackson
vlile OF late, and is now raging there, often
Win fatal results. DIR. c. j. Burroughs
uaS been appointed physician for this dis
r.ct, which extends from point about
IyuT miles up the river from the South
ohcksonvlile landing to a point about an
equal distance up Little Pottsburg
creek, and comprises the villages
p d south Jacksonville, st. Nicholas and
nAlips The natural location is
noSt favorable TO spread of the disease,
'ne land being generally low and to a great
6teht marshy and wet, and a number of
,ne YARDS being partially covered with tide
water The doctor is attending as many as
4 "onoy seven cases a day, having six cases
one houfe, the majority of
tnom being yellow fever, and of a
10y grave type. One of the
nost malignant cases was that Of the col
Ieo man, Gibson, whose temperature
cached ll04'. The doctor is kept busy
IA IN and day. Last night he remained up
Itn Lewis Hufbauer, who developed black
omit Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Hufbauer's
t1Iotuer died OF the same disease in Septem-
THE SURGEON GENERALS IDEA.
AsHINGToN, Nov. 1S.-rhe reason
10y surgeon General Hamilton, in recon-
euulhg the destruction of all infected
M MV'nlng, etc, in Jacksonville, only
eleu TO pay for the property SO de-
uygu OF poor people, was that it was
ousnt practicable to distinguish between
%yee %gewho VINO could and those who could not
l9Iu IA the loss OF their property in this way,
I@ato'1, ~ IL the surgeon general has not been
| N ~, tT1Y,laily informed that it will not work.
ne city proper is comparatively free
nl yellow fever. The suburbs deve.op
NOst ol the new clses
1.
III FERNANDINA FEDI,S FINE