The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-10-04

Few Statements from the Columns OF Tele.
grams that Daily ELI the Papers about the
Pestllence.

10 luuuc1udtc W ucpcitOc obC
scenes of misery. suffering and desolation
that have followed the appearance Of the
yellow fever in the South.
REIGN OF TERROR.
A portion of the railroad track between
Harrison and Vicksburg has been torn up by
frightened people in order to force
trains to. stop, There is good ground
for believing the report true. There
in scarcely any fear that any refugees
will be able to reach Louisiana or New Or
leans by river, for Jackson has been isolated
and people from there have no means of
reaching the Mississippi river. Vicksburg and
Natchez have both quarantined most strict
ly, and roads connecting them with Jackson
the present. There is evidently a reign OF
terror in and about Jackson. and gentle
man on his way from Birmingham to Vicks-
burg, who was forced to come to New Or
leans from Meridian, said recently that he
never saw people SO frightened as are Mis-
sissippians, who are panic stricken with
fear that the scourge may become gem
eral in their state. Special trains, as required,
will be sent to Jackson by the Illinois Central
to carry North all who wish to go. At the
meeting of the board of health the epidemic
at jackson. Miss, was discussed.
MEMPHIS VIGOROUSLY GUARANTEED.
The stringent quarantine regulations
adopted by the city of Memphis went into ef-
feet on the 22d of Sept, and no passenger
trains on any of the railroads on the east
side of the Mississippi river can
come nearer Memphis than ten miles.
Cruel hardships ~ of strict quaran-
train from New Orleans, which was due at
8 O'Clock in the morning, did not arrive at
Lakeview, Miss, until in the afternoon. By
order of the Memphis authorities train was
stopped at Lakeview, and special train was
sent there to convey the delayed passengers to
their destination. A detail of police, together
with two officials of the Louisville, New
Orleans & Texas railway and associated
press reporter went down to make the trans
fer. There were abouttwo hundred passengers,
mostly women and children who had hur-
riedly left New Orleans. Vicksburg, Greenviile
and other points. They were not fleeing
from fever, but had been sent away to avoid
a stampede that would follow if case should
appear at any of those places.
Many ladies were unaccompanied by their
husbands, who had remained behind, and
with their little ones were utterly helpless.
The excitement which prevails all along the
route from New Orleans to Memphis had
proven contagious, and they were like SO
many frightened sheep. The coaches were
crowded almost to suffocation, and many
women and children were unable to secure
seats.
CHATTANOOGA ACTS LIKEWISE.
Chattanooga has instituted most stringent
quarantine against all infected points. No
one is permitted to enter the city on any of
the nine railroads without giving a salts
factory account of himself Quarantine Off
GERS board every train, and fifty are thus en-
ployed. The city council has adopted or
dinances infiicting a fine of $500 on any per-
son entering the city from any infected dis
trict. A large reward is offered for the
apprehension and conviction of such
offender and for the conviction of any
one harboring such refugee. The Memphis
& Charleston railroad trains stopping at De-
catur or twenty miles either side are forbid
den entrance into Chattanooga. Meridian,
Miss, was quarantined against owing to the
report that cases of yellow fever had oc-
Cured there All through passenger and
freight trains on the Mobile & Ohio railroad
tine restrictions in Mississippi, Tennessee
and Kentucky.
THE SITUATION IN JACKSONVILLE.
JACKSONVILLE SEPT. 21.-Most of the new
cases are among colored people in the sub
urbs. There are comparatively few deaths
among the negroes, who usually recover rap
idly from the disease. Total number of cases
reported to date, 1882; total deaths 1876.
1t is impossible as yet to get definite infor-
nation from Fenandina, but tits expected
that advices from there will be at
rate is expected for several days. A
special from Gainesville reports one new case
there-a member of the guards who went to
Fernandina. One of the most pathetic in
cidents of the pestilence occurred. A little
| nine-year-old boy named Stock was brought
in from the sand hills, where he had recov-
cred from the yellow fever. Making his way
k,h hfc hon ho f,11 hot In foil how
mother and sister had all fallen victims to
the dread disease. He is bright little fellow,
and will be cared for by a gentleman who
was patient near him in the hospital. Ro-
nance mixes with our woe now and then.
Miss Hattit l.. Kidd who stood ut her post
at the telephone Office till she caught
the fever is now well, but all her
ried to B. w. Owen, the head of the re-
lief committee. They were betrothed and Nov.
Is was set rs the day, but as she refused to
leave the city without her lover they were
married. Another sad story was told to-day.
Two young girls died at the Sand Hills last
night. They had been very i'll but were con.
valescent and were doing very well. Their
mother who had been sick at st. Lukes hos
pital, died there the day before. Yesterday
by accident the younger of the two sisters OBJ
tanned copy of the Times Union in which the
mother death was recorded. She went weep.
inc to her sister, and, weakened by her excite.
ment and grief, fell down at her sisters feet in
dead faint The sisters were seized with con.
vulsions and had n relapse. Both died soon
afterward. Tho official report to-day shows
116 new cases of yellow fever and fourteen
deaths
JACKSONVILLE, SEPT 22.-There is no change
in the situation to-day, except that the rec
ord has been beaten in the number of new
cases. Five weeks ago, when the fever broke
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twelve months, was taken i'll and died. AT
the time of his death his wife became a
mother. Last night she died of vel.
low fever after few days illness, and
the poor little five weeks old babe is
left without a relative in the place.
When the clergyman who was there
spoke about the future of the little orphan,
he was told that all the women in the neigh
borhood were already quarreling as to who
SHOULD have charge of the baby. When the
train left for Hendersonville it bore away q
cur. " He left without means his wife who was
sick with yellow fever and three little children
His wife is dead now, and his children would
have starved had not strangers cared for
them. The amount of money that is used
here surprised even the officers themselves.
"a JACKSONVILLE, SEPT. pa funeral silence
reigns to-day. No church bells tell us tnat
it is Sunday in fact, the only thing to Indicate
the day is that there are not SO many ne
groes on the street and around the COM
missionary rooms as at other times. The
traffic on the streets consists of doctors gigs
and hearses. This mornings report seemed
more favorable than yesterday mornings.
There is also little encouragement CLEANED
from the fact that yesterdays death rate
was low, though there were more cases than
ever before. There is much ill-feeling against
a certain marine hospital surgeon, and it is
probable that the surgeon general will be
asked to recall him.
yAcKsogvILLE, SEPT, 34.--Cnl, J. J. Daniels
has at last sucoumbed. He 10 down
with yellow fever His brother, DR..
DR.. Daniels, who has got over the fever is
still too i'll to leave his bed. Dr. Stolen.
werke found six cases of fever at the jail to.
day, and, as it is pretty small and very bad
" ventilated, he thinks the balance of the
unfortunate prisoners-twe -eight-will all
be ILL., Another of the telegraph op.
orators. Mrs. Birkner, who has beer
here two weeks, from New Orleans, was tax.
en- i'll, making in all seven who are now sick
Yellow fever is at Fernandina. DR.. Maxwell
who is now in town, received telegram say.
ing that his nephew has it, and asking that
two nurses be sent at once. A special train
has been sent away with nurses. This i,