The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

GEORGE CoRwIN.
GEORGE COLE.
WILLIAM ACID.
r. FRAzEE.
w. R. FEM.
G. BENEDICT ROGERS.
DIR. CONE WILLIAMS.
w. E. MoCANN.
EUGENE WILLIAMSON.
LOUIS BECK.
EDWARD r. PIERsoN.
F. JONES (colored).
Mrs. GoWsTEN.
Mrs. MARVIN.
RICHARD OLDHAM.
T. II. WILLARD.
A colored servant.
GEORGE TYLER.
JOSEPH MEAD.
LOUIS MEAD.
HARRY KBiBALL.
THOMAS B. ADAMS.
CHILD L. STEIN.
II. PLATT.
WILLIAM GREEN (colored) at the Jail.
Mrs. MARY RILEY.
JOHN HEDLIN.
A. w. CooKERELL.
J. F. FINEGAN.
Those discharged to-day are Henry Butler
and L. j. L. Banks.
LOOKS LIKE CoNCEALMENT.
George Tyler was reported by his doctor
as dying of congestive chill, hut he really
died of yellow fever. Dr. Solace Mitchell
performed an autopsy, assisted by ten of
hast hara md oil hot
it was yellow fever, without the least
doubt. The board of health now has the
case under consideration, and will go as far
in the matter as the law will allow.
To-night's list is the largest yet reported,
and the indications are that Tomorrow
will be as large, if not larger.
DR.. Neal Mitchell is i'll tonight, but
1t is hoped that he has not yellow fever for he
is the head and front OF the force here op-
posing the scourge.
The situation is certainly growing worse.
BAD DAY.
This has been another very hot and dis
agreeable day AT 3 o'clock this afternoon
showers fell and west wind arose and to-
night the air is raw and chilly. 1t will
prove very unfavorable to the sick, and GER
tainly cannot be very healthy to the we'll
The sanitary associations meeting was
well attended to-day. j. M. Schumacher
reported the following contributions.
A. Fries .....S 4ooIT. B. Walsh IS 10 90
John Clark 80. so 00I Fred Bettein.. so 90
E. A. Murford... Is OOID. Bingham S 90
J.. R. Campbell. 100 OOlC. NJ Cooper. 25 90
L. B. Wombwel Is 00I
Chairman L'Engle, of the committee on
sanitation reported that he had employed
about 400 men last week on his work who
had thoughoughly gone over all the terri
tory previously covered, and he said he
xuoa1l6 ponfinua tn HQar a fnfca OnrlnxraI
sufficient to keep the city in the same clean
condition it now is during the present.
week.
RELIEF WORK.
Chairman Jones reported the work of the
relief committee going on satisfactorily
that there were accommodations at the
camp for only about thirty-five or forty
people, and that they needed about 100 more
tents. Judge Jones also said that he had
consulted with DR.. Henry Robinson in
reference to the prisoners at the county
jail, and DIR. Robinson said that as they had
been pooperly fumigated and the board OF
health would certify that it was safe, they
would be put to work.
Rev. Mr.. Dodge, chairman of the sub
committee on relief, announced the death OF
Col. j. H. McGinnis, and presented very
eulogistic resolutions of coincidence, which
had been formulated by the subcommittee
and indorsed by tho central committee OF
relief Upon motion, the committee voted
to attend tho funeral of Col. McGinniss to-
morrow.
DEPOPULATIoN OF THE CITY.
President McQuaid stated that the main OBJ.
ject of this committee now was to depooulate
The city, that the train which left yesterday
carried only thirty-eight people, and he
suggested that tue chairman OF the relief
committee should formulate pan for
making u list OF those who desired to
leave the city, in order to aid the commit
tee in obtaining transportation
Judge Magill stated that there would be
special train tomorrow, via the Florida
Railway and Navigation CompaHy's road
to Nashville, Tenn, if fifteen persons de-
sired to go, a:.d he added that their baggage
would not be fumigated,
President McQuaid read kilograms
from Surgeon General Hamilton, Col.
Ii. s. HaiIies, Senator Call aud others, and
he also sent dispatches TO the surgeon gem
eral, II. Haines, Senator Call and Others,
requesting conference to arrange for
trains, transportation, etc. President Nc
Quaid was instructed to ire Surgeon Gen.
erul Hamilton, with a view of arranging q
Conference with representatives Of this
committee.
SITES FOR CAMP.
Upon motion III. A. L'Engle aud w. A.
McDuf wereappointed special committe
to examine sites for camp, with power TO
act.
Editor w. r. Carter, o. L. Keene, j.
Ramsey Dey and wife, Miss Kate Jones and
others are reported as improving.
DR.. Sollace Mitchell, in charge Of th'
Sand Hills hospital, reports that the hospi
tal is taxed to its utmost capacity, and thai
no new patients can DO received for severa
DAYS.
Mrs. Louis /. Stephens and Sol
are at Maxville, Fla, having left th'
city last week. Yesterday Mr. Stephen
received word that his wife was quite i
With with yellow fever, and he left for Max