The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
THE ORNING NEWS,
EsTABL1sHED 1850. INcoRPoRATED 1888.
j. II. ESTILL, President.
ENTERPRISE is INFECTED
SIXTEEN CASES AND TWO DEATHS
SINCE JUNE.


SIXTEEN CASES AND TWO DEATHS
SINCE JUNE.
Four Deaths and 81 New Cases the
Record for the Day at Jacksonville
Bishop Weed Getting on Very Well
Instances of Recklessness that Re-
suited Fatally.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. 24.-The
official bulletin for the twentyfour hours
ending at o'clock tonight is as follows:
New cases ........... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Deaths -. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Total number of cases to date. ,........-..3,s0
Total number of deaths to date. 3S7
DEATHS OF THE DAY.
Those who died to-day are:
Mrs. j. P. BRowARD.
ETHEL MAY WEIGH.
w. P. SANDY.
BENJAMIN H. DEAs.
WHITES ON THE SICK LIST.
To-day's new white patients are:
Mrs. SHADIAC.
FRANK BAYA.
JOSEPH T. LOPEZ.
J. A. HARRIS.
EUGENE HARRIS.
joan SMITH.
JAMES SUSsEY.
IRA REESE.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. BRoWARD.
O. d. WILLIAMS.
Z. NJ MONEY.
Twelve whites and nineteen negroes make
up the total.
BISHOP WEED DOING WELL.
Bishop Weed is resting nicely tonight.
He has had good day and with only slight
fever. This is his second day, and, of
course. one cannot say how the fever will
turn but DR.. Fernandez said tonight that
he had every hope in the world of bringing
the bishop through all right. The bishop
is a splendid patient, said the doctor. "He
is resigned, and takes everything philosoph-
ically and patiently. He does not worry at
all. and he is in good physical condition to
pass through the fever"
Mrs. Weed got as far as Waycross on her
way here from Augusta, but DR.. Porter
forbid her coming into the city, so she went
to Savannah, where she is with her brother
in-law.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
The announcement this morning from
posed to pay for the destruction of mat
resses, pillows and comforters necessarily
destroyed in the houses of the poor, causes
some very severe criticism and comment.
The surgeon general added in his dispatch b,
"Persous who are able must sustain their
own loss. The city council should pass an
ordinance making penalty" etc. Now
the question comes up here, who is to deter
mine who is able and who is not. There
are hundreds and hundreds of people here,
who in ordinary times would not feel the loss
of $50, 800, 5000 or $500 for goods of this
kind, but now, having done no business for
the last three months, with the added ad-
ditional expense of living away from home,
with the loss of salary and increased ex-
pc -ses consequent on buying heavier cloth
ing for colder weather, such a loss would
fall heavy and could be ill-afforded. The
question of thus determining who is poor
and who it not will be very delicate one,
and will place the party or parties in
charge of it between very severe cross
fires.
DR.. PoRTER'S ATTITUDE.
DR.. Porter was seen this afternoon by
the NEWS correspondent, and asked in re-
gard to it. He shook his head, as he said
Il don't know what to do about it. 1t puts
me in hole, and don't see any way out of
it. | have sent all the kilograms and infor-
ilAtIlDu StLlU Llb W VIC CIbN COuilCll, anu
shall await their action. If they say they
cannot pass the ordinance necessary, or
won't do it, l shall refer the entire
matter back to headquarters for
further action. There is no halt
way measure about it. The fumi-
eating and disinfectiLg must be done
thoroughly or not at all, aud in order to be
done thoroughly, matters must be SO ar
ranged that everything will work in harmo-
NgNf
hands, and would like to have everything
arranged beforehand so that the work can
be well done if undertaken at all"
WHAT BUSINESS MEN SAY.
Several prominent business men were seen
and asked their opinions in regard to the
matter. All of them were very ouCspoken
and said that the decision of President
Cleveland was certainly one that
would not gain many votes to the
administration in this state. One merchant
suggested that the government pay in kind
Tor all goods destroyed. irrespective of the
financial condition of the owner For in
Stance, if blankets and similar article were
condemned to destruction, that the govern
lnent buy large quantities of these, which
they could purchase cheaply, buying at
Wholesale, and replace the articles destroyed
with them. 1t is thought this would not
only give general satisfaction, but solve the
Poolem at much less expense to the gov
eminent. 1t strikes all as worthy of atten-
tlon and consideration.
SUICIDAL CARELESSNEsS.
Instances seem to multiply of cases where
people have killed themselves, SO to speak,
after having the very best of care from
Their physicians and being practically out
VI danger. This was very strongly illus
Gated this morning in the case of w. p.
sandy, young man of splendid physique,
VINO was in charge Of grocery store at the
corner Of Forsyth and Laura streets. He