Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-24
THE TRAFFIC.OF DEATH.
| All That Is Visible on the Streets of Jack
| sonyiIie-Ths Death Roll.

All That Is Visible on the Streets of Jack
sonvilie-The Death Roll.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept "A Special to The
Picayune from jacksonville give the follow
ing facts: A funereal silence reigned vester-
day. No church bells told us it was Sunday
in fact the onl y thing to indicate the day
was that there were not so many negroes on
the streets and around the commissary rooms
as at other times The traffic on the streets
consisted of doctors gigs and hearses. Yes
terday mornings report seemed more ia
vorable than Saturday mornings There
was also little encouragement. CLEANED
from the fact that Saturdays death rate was
low, though there were more cases than ever
before.
There were 1873 new cases reported yesterday,
90 of whom are colorel, and 10 deaths
Mabel Thomas, Mrs Seether, Louis Bruner,
Judge Whitney, C. Smith, G. F. Howe,
". z Simmons, Mrs. Smith, Rev. W. P.
Ross (colored), pastor of Mt Zion Baptist
church, and Georgiana Browning. Total
cases TO date, SIS: total deaths, 2i2 Sat
urdav the new cases numbered lG3 with six
deaths, as follows: Jimmie Thompson,
George Braddock, Louis Bremen, Charles G.
Elliott, George B. Brooks and Mr.. Christie.
pher.
Among the new cases are Capt William
Somerville and DR. Eddy, of the visiting
physicians. Rev. Dr. William H. Dodge, OF
the Southern Presbyterian church, one of
the most devoted heroes of the epidemic
was stricken down Saturday He was more
comfortable last night, though quite i'll
There was a strong dry east wind yesterday
more hopeful feeling exists. and many in
| tellgent observers of former epidemics be
lieve that the worst is over.
| A special from McClenny says there were
two new cases yesterday and one death-that
| of Glenn Shey Miss Mollie Mccall is very
low A train load of supplies WAS sent from
here to McClenny.
| The inventor of a healing process called
| the electro libation cure tOf which nobody
| seems to know the naturel, claims TO have
| cured J. j. Dawson, a printer, who was at
tackled by the fever Friday night and after
treatment went to sleep and awoke free from
fever There are scores of alleged proven
tives, but this is the only known case of al
apparent cure so far The regular physi
clans condemn such experiments. and deny
that any good can come of unscientific, treat
| ment
DR.. Porter found it necessary to send tn
following dispatch Saturday night to Mis-
Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross as
ISOLATION at Washington: "You will COME
favor on me by withdrawing Southmayd
He is hindrance to me in my official ca
| pacity in command of the government
nurses"
This conclusion was reached after mis-
understanding in the first place between Col
Southmayd and the authorities on accoun
OF the action of the board of health in re
gard to incompetent and immoral nurses
This action Southmayd resented so persist
emily that DR. Porter felt the anuoyanc
more than he could bear
Dr. Porter received message from Mis-
Clara Barton last evening saying: you
order obeyed Col Southmayd will b.
withdrawn" Col Southmayd was seen las
evening" but was very reticent about tn
matter He claimed that his nurses tthos
sent from New Orleans we're treated IN
justly in being sent back without due trial
He added that be had sent complaint t
Washington in regard to the matter.
1t has been demonstrated that negroes ar
as susceptible to at ack as the whites, but tn
issue is rareg fatal with them unless tn
fever is complicated with organic diseases
An eminent local physician said: "Negroe
never die of yellow fever unless they call in
doetorn 3
The board of health has passed resolution
asking congress to appointa medical commi
sion to come here and make scientific stud
of the cause, means of propagation and rem
edy for the disease