The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-26

taken sick yesterday with a slow fever, and
IN his state fell an easy victim.
Among the honored dead to-day is j. L.
Burch, eX-mayor of LaVllla and a member
of the board of public works. Mr.. Burch
was native of Borden, n j., and came
here about twenty-five years ago. He had
always been prominent politician and has
held many Offices
BISHOP WEEDS STORY.
Bishop Weed relates jolly good story of
Mayport life. A large number of Jackson
Vllla people have summer cottages there,
ana for the last month they have been very
exclusive. They are also exceedingly afraid
OF yellow jack. Their quarantine is very
strict against Jacksonville and Pablo Beach.
Anything that savors of the fever throws
the people there into a sort Of conniption
heroic Presbyterian minister, is living there
with her children. The house is located about
quarter of a mile down the beach.
A day or to ago her little boys erected a
young pine tree as a flag staff and ran up
the stars and stripes to the top. In an hour
or so the fiuttering of the banner was seen
at Mayport and Cccasioned much commo-
tion. A messenger was at once dispatched
TO learn IL there was any sickness in the
family, as anything in the shape of flag
just now in Florida means yellow jack.
ORDERED TAKEN DOWN
The messenger reported the result OF his
investigation, but this did not satisfy the
powers that be, and a request was sent to
Mrs. Dodge to have it taken down. She re-
piled spiritedly that her little boys had SO
little recreation that she did not feel in,
cllned to int rfere with their sport. The
big mogul" then commanded the flag to be
taken down, and the messenger went
there with that intention. Mrs. Dodge
mat I'M af and
listened to his story and then, with hight
ened color and flashing eyes, replied that
the flag would stay there, adding with en-
phaSls: Il have a shotgun in this house and
know how to use it." The flag still waves.
Mrs Dodge and her little boys are happy,
but the Mayport magnates feel sheepIsh,
soUTHMAYD OFF FOR WASHINGTON
Col. Southmayd left yesterday for Wash
ington, where he goes to have a conference
with Miss Clara Barton, president of the
Red Cross Society of America, by her re-
quest. OF course he will be detained at
Camp Perry ten days
b. Il. Hopkins OF the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia road, has been per-
emptorily ordered by his company to report
for special duty at Atlanta. He returned
here with the intention Of remaining during
the epidemic, and he will start back to-day
much against his inclinations.
The following new nurses arrived yester
day from Philadelphia: William H. Nc
Enhull, Neal Medallion, E. c. Smith,
Waiter Robinson, j. G. Minister, Henry
Wilson, w. t. Clayton. Mrs. {. Davis,
George c. Streiber, Mrs. Mary Herrion,
Adelaide Berry and Frank MiIdene. A
poorly clad woman named Fannie Moore,
living on Forsyth street, in LaVilla, at a
number which could not be learned, has
sent a note to the Times Union saying she
nO11ld from tba raIiar OF tioY
for family of five only three pounds of
bacon. She ends her missive by saying:
THAT storeman is bard-hearted. 1t looks
like he don't want nobody TO live but his
self" Edward Baker of Cincinnati is now
down with yellow fever.
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The executive committee of the Citizeas'
Sanitary Association held a meeting at the
usual hour this morning. H. W. Clark,
postmaster reported that the baggage
fumigation station has been established and
completed by DR.. Wisea at LaVilla junction.
The attention of the committee was called
to the probable opening of the Fernandina
quarantine and the possibility from that
and other sources of INDECENT peo-
pie coming into the city. The COM
mittee on sanitary police was directed
to increase the number of guards around
the city and have them placed in such
pOslClOns as WOulu prevent JHe lIlNuA OF
persons from infected points. A letter
from Camp Perry said that from thirty-five
to forty people could be easily Accommodated
daily at Camp Perry, as about that number
leave the camp every day.
PLENTY OF NURSES AND DOCTORS.
The following notice was sent to the As |
sociated Press agent tonight:
Jacksonville is well supplied with physicians |
and nurses at present. Those who are unrelia- |
BILE or incompetent are being rapidly sifted out. |
It is requested that relief organizations should |
with the board of health relative |
to its needs before engaging the services Of |
either physicians or nurses.
NEAL MITCHELL, NJ. D.,
President of Board of Health. |
The appearance of sporadic or imported |
cases Of yellow fever at high and healthy |
points in the interior has added to the alarm |
in some sections, but is not regarded here |
as serious. Many citizens Of Jacksonville |
that the grading and lining of |
the streets here by the sanitary society, |
will tend to extend the epidemic and make |
it more malignant.
Kinghall was sent to the Sand Hills. |
The News correspondent bade him good |
bye with God speed, and will see that he |
has every care and attention necessary. |
Mr. Kinghall has been somewhat imprudent |
and has exposed himself needlessly in his zeal |
for news. The press boys will watch over
him carefully.
HOPEFUL FEELING.
The situation tonight is practically un-
except that hopeful feeling that
the worst of the epidemic is over continues.
While new cases are developing very
rapidly, the type of the disease appears to
be milder even than before the equinoctial
storms. There will hardly be accommoda-
tious for any great number Of refugees at
Camp Mitchell in time to assist to any con-
siderable extent in the effort to depopulate
this city. All 1.-THE plans for depopulation
thus far have failed, owing TO lack Of
practical methods for putting them into
execut on.
Mr.. Grace. gardener Of the sub-tropical
exposition, died last night of malarial fever.
He had yellow fever at the beginning Of
the epidemic and recovered, but in his
weakened condition fell a victim to ma
laria.
A special from Macclenny reports eight
new cases of yellow fever and one death,
that of Jonathan Law.
Ample supplies for the present were yes
terday sent to Macclenny by the sanitary
association. The fever has never been epi-
iemic on the south side of the river, though
several cases originating in this city have
developed on that sido.