The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-05
A DAY 10 INSPIRE HOPE.
A NEGRO T He ONLY ONE TO YIELD
HIS LIFE TO THE PEST.

twenty.tour nous enulnS at O'CLOCK is tne
following:
New cases .-....,.... ....................... 20
Deaths, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. /
Total number of cases to date. .2,91
Total numbg of deaths to date. 271
To-day's death is that of JOHN BoYE
colored.
THE NEW CASES.
To-day'sn new cases among the whites are:
Miss THtREsA COOPER.
ELLIOTT MCKENZIE.
CHARLIE! NELSON.
KATE ROBINSON.
JESSIE F. CARTER.
REV. Brooks.
G. WHITE.
Miss julia CHRISTOPHER.
j. B. FILM.
LATHAM BROOKS.
WILLIAM HOFFMAN.
HATTIE SHEPPARD.
J. A. BLACK.
Mrs. MORGAN.
J. N. SCoTT.
r. E. SCoTT.
To-day's total is made up of IS whites
and 60 negroes.
GOOD RECORD OF THE SAND HILLS.
"How many deaths at Sand Hills uo-day?"
said DR.. Sollace Mitchell this noon; well,
none. Do you know continued the doctor,
enthusiastically warming up on the subject,
''the record of deaths at the Sand hills has
been phenomenally small when compared
with the number of cases, and
bad cases too, which have been
sent there. wish also to
give you newspaper men another fact, and
L l..
attached to the Sand Hills hospital has con-
tracted yellow fever, and you know there
in town the microbes have been having a
regular picnic on the unacclimated and even
on the acclimated nurses. l attribute the
fact to the superb location of the hospital,
which is situated on high pine land that
necessarily must be salubriOus and healthy
from its surroundings. | tell you, man, the
microbes have no opportunity there, and if
/ get patient who is not too far gone with
the fever the chances are greatly in favor
of his recovery if sent to the Sand Hills.
We are thoroughly equipped in every way
to take care of the sick, and people
should have no fears about coming
here. l am very glad to see
that the antipathy against coming to
this place has almost disappeared, but there
are still few timid people who object to
being sent here. The numerous patients
sent back to town safe and well have, how
ever, done much to disSipate the imaginary
horrors of this place. No, we have no
deaths, and no prospects of any at present,
and all are doing we'll"
MEDICINE NO PREVENTIVE.
Some of the professional nurses in the
city from New Orleans say it is all nonsense
for people to be drenching and filling them
selves with drugs to prevent taking yellow
fever. If the fever is in the system or sus-
ceptible to it, nothing will prevent a person
having it, and if they escape, it will not be
on account of any medicine they have
taken, but because the system is in
a healthy and good condition. and
would not be affected by contact with fever
patients. 1t is a source of amusement for
these fever nurses to hear people tell how
they have striven to prevent taking the
fever, and at last the victims suffer as much
or more than those who had made no at
tempt against warding off the disease.
Strong hopes are now entertained of Mrs.
Ingram's ultimate recovery.
George Wheaton Deans now has yellow
jaundice, so DR.. Wakefield says.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G.. Soaring and their
little girl are sick with yellow fever in
Springfield
DR.. j. Y Porter has endeared himself to
all who come in contact with him. Kind
and considerate TO his subordinates, he ex-
acts from them prompt action, which they
perform cheerfully. Among the newspaper
men he IS a great favorite, and with the
medical profession he stands very high, as
his professional brethren recognize his
ability.
The fever has had the weather on its side
until lately, but during the latter part of
October it will be nip and tuck between the
fever and weather for the ascendancy. The
weather is bound to win in the end.
TO BE BILLED FOR NURSES.
1t is understood that the committee on
nurses will very shortly make out bills
against oil those people who were able to
pay for nurses while sick and yet accepted
free nurses from the government. 1--WE
are going to closely examine all applica-
tions for nurses in the future" said DIR.
Porter to-day, "as we have been badly i'm
posed on. If those parties who have been
working the nurse racket don't pay, their
names will be handed to the auxiliary asso-
citation. The poor shall be looked after, but
those who can afford nurses won't get them
Fom US without they pay them i'll the fu-
uren
DR.. j. Y. Porter tonight wrote to Miss
Clara Barton of the Red Cross fully ex-
planning why certain nurses were sent off,
and also why Col. Southmayd was recalled.
A day or two ago dispatch from Wash
ington said that Miss Barton was indignant
over the treatment Of her nurses. This
letter will, in all probability, fully satisfy
her as TO the Justice of DIR. Porter's orders
ana requests in the matter.
The Fernandna Mirror abuses the NEWS
correspondent for reports concerning that
place. All reports from this bureau are
based on authentic information. As Sur
geon General Hamilton and President Neal
Mitchell make the same reports and strict
ures, the NEWS correspondent is content to
stay in that company. DR.. Kenworthy
SAID this afternoon to the NEWS correspond
ent that he was told that the person who
furnished the information to the Marine
hospital service was arrested and fined
heavily by the irate officials there.
AN INSTANCE OF HARDSHIP.
This noon the NEWS correspondent was
told sad story, showing what inefficient
material the people have TO work with, and
how easy it is for an ignorant negro to
make trouble and cause distress. Early
this morning lady died in Brooklyn. The
ped clothes, mattress, etc, we're all taken
of and burned. Her husband was taken
SICK few hours later, and there was not
Ded In the house, previous sickness Of other
members in the family having taken
all. Word was sent down town
Tor supplies, but for some reason
the order got lost and nothing was sent A
nemher of the finance committee finally
heard Of the case In some way. and without
waiting for orders, he sent sheets, blankets,
mattresses, etc, along In his own team.