Wichita eagle., 1888-09-23
The Number Of New Cases in EX-
cess Of Any Previous Day
This Season.
Most of the Cases Now Confined to COlored
People-Nurses and Substantial
AID Badly Needed.
Decatur, Ala, Almost Entirely Deserted
The Fever Increasing at Jackson,
Miss.-Hundreds Of Refugees
Fleeing Northward
Strict Quarantine Be-
ing Enforced.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. 22.-Eight
long weeks have passed since the first case
of yellow fever, that of Mccormack, was
developed at the Grand Union hotel.
Tonight the official records show total of
l, 745 cases, and 202 deaths The daily list
of cases and deaths during the past ten
days has been fearful in the city of the
size of Jacksonville, with two-uhirds of
its people absent Today's record of new
cases has again broken the score, reaching
1853: of these 1903 were colOred people, who
are being fully reported. 1t is now al
most certain that many hundreds of color
ed people had fever and recovered without
treatment or physicians. The old theory
that negroes are not haole TO contIact
yellow fever has been exploded.
1t has been demonstrated that
they are almost as susceptible to attack as
the whites, but the issue is rarely fatal
with them, probable never unless the fever
is complicated with organic diseases An
old eminent and learned physician said
today: 'No, negroes never die of yellow
fever unless they call IN a doctor; -
The deaths reported today are only
six in number: Jimmie Thompson, Geo.
Brodes, Louis Beemen, Colonel Geo. b.
Elliott, Charles Brooks and VIM. Christie
pher.
The following resolutions were adopted
at a meeting of the executive committee OF
the citizen sanitary association today:
Resolved, That congress be urged to at
once authorize and declare the establish
ment of a scientific bureau in this city
for the purpose of investigating the
introduction and progress of yellow fever
in Florida for the years of 1887 and 1883,
sanitary methods and other precautions
against the spread of the disease; the state
of the atmosphere at different times and
in different territory in the city, and other
incidents and conditions relative to the
epidemic that will likely be of scientific
and practical value in the future in de-
termining the mode of quarantine, sani-
tation, disinfection and the treatment OF
yellow fever.
Resolved, That our senators and repre-
sentatives in congress be requested to
bring the matter before the house and
urge immediate consideration. 1T is desIr-
able that the investigation shall take a
wider range than any other ever under
taken in connection with yellow fever in
this country
Surprise is general here that such thor
ough Investigation has not been under
taken before this.
A special from GAINESVILLE tonight to the
| Times Union says: No new cases or sus-
pects the sick are all doing well. Fetch
Miller. the last case, is doing well: every
bOuy uoPclul. ~
A special to the same paper from Nc
Clenny reports five new cases during the
past twenty-four hours and one death
that of Judge NJ. Z. Schrey
leading Republican politician
and lawyer Miss Matte Mccoy is not
expected to live. The town is in great
distress. Work of all kinds is suspended
aid badly needed. Additional aid will be
sent from this place at once. Supplies here
are short, though large orders are in tran
sit. Short ratons viii have to be issued L
| freights are delayed. Col. J. j. Daniel
president of the Citizens Sanitary associa
ton, has again been Frustrated by over
work, but is resting comfortably tonight.
Another nurse was arrested this morn
/ ing and ordered into quarantine. DR.
| Porter found it necessary TO send the fol
! lowing dispatch last night to Miss Clara
/ Barton, president of the Red Cross asso
| citation, at Washington:
You will confer favor on me by with
drawing Southmayd He is a hindranct
to me in my official capacity III command
of the government nurses"
This conclusion came snaturally after {
misunderstanding in the first place be-
| tween Colonel Southmayd and the author
! tiles on account of the action of the boarC
| of health in regard to incompetent ant
! immoral nurses. This action Colone
! Southmayd resented SO persistently tina
| DR.. Porter felt the annoyance more thar
! he could bear. Two other nurses, Mis-
! saba Trarese and Marion Huntington, ar
at the camp sadder, if not wiser, women.