The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-10-03
NINETY-NINE CASES.
YELLOW FEVER's RAVAGES IN
FLORIDA AND MISSISSIPPI,
The Mortality Report Not Unex-
pected BY the PeopIe-The Color
cd People Now Suffering.

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 1.-THE citi-
zens of Jacksonville will be sadly
disappointed when they read to-
days record. The expected falling
off in new cases did not occur. The
scourge hos increased in force again
and new cases reported for "a hours
number SO, OF which 25 were white
and "A colored. There were ten
deaths, viz: W. N. Baker. teller of
the State National Bank of Florida;
Mack Tucker Thomas White, Pri~
mus Gordon, colored; A. w. Gordon,
celored; Mrs. oldfeld, Dan Holly,
colored, Paul Tridder, D. II. Murna
han and Ansel Woods. Total num-
Der Of cases to date, 2725; total
deaths 264.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Assistant,
Surgeon Magruda, at Waycross,
Ga, telegraphs the marine hospital
bureau that there is reliable report
of one case of yellow fever at Cal.
lahan, Fla, and that he will stop all
baggage from that place unless 9TH
erWise ordered.
DR.. Carlisle telegraphs firm
Gainesville, Fla, under date of
September 30, that there was one
other new case there the day before,
but no deaths. "The fever is not
yet epidemic" he says, although
three cases have occurred other than
members of the Gainesvill guards.
They are traceable to direct infec-
ton. Our expenses for guards in
isoiating the cases is large, and we
shall require some aid to pay the
same. Instruct how to obtain
money"
The Surgeon-General replied that
the guards would be paid by the
government.
DR.. Hutton telegraphs from Camp
Perry that there are several New
Orleans nurses there willing to go to
Gainesville if transportation is furn4
ished. Authority was given for
transportation.
DR.. Writ johnson has telegraphed
that there have been no new cases
at jackson, Miss, for seven days
ending Saturday, and no Deaths for
three days. Total number of cases
to date is IA, and deaths 5.
The death of w. N. Baker causes
universal regret. He was wellknoWn
and highly esteemed. The mercu-
ry fell last night nearly to the frost
line. 1t is cold tonight, but frost
before the first of October would
break the record for the past SIX
years. The most experienced local
physicians are nearly unanimous in
the opinion that the epidemic will
gradually die out; fuctuating some-
what as the end approaches. The
heavy mortality report Of to>day
was not unexpected as such cold
weather always has an injurious et-
feet upon the very sick fever pa
tients unless they are comfortably
housed and have most experienced
and careful nursing. Col. ]. J. Dams
iel has been lying at the point Of
death all day and the knowledge OF
this fact has caused universal gloom
throughout the city. He seemed to
have passed the crisis and slept nat
urally good part of last night, but
only this morning he began to sink,
and was threatened with heart fail
ure, so common in yellow fever pa
tients when they seem to be almost
ready to convalesce.
The citizens association to-day
referred to the executive committee
the question Of faskingpeople through
out the country to discontinue COM
tributions. Up to date there has
been received $236,867. The dis-
bursements have been seventy-fou1
thousand four hundred and sew
enty.eight dollars, leaving a balance
on hand of $162,388. The demand
of the INDECENT bas grown from
$4,000 to $4,000 per week, but il
is believed they will now decrease
with the more stringent measures
adopted to prevent imposition or
the part of those who have practiced
the grossest frauds to obtain more
rations than they were entitled to