The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-29
DEATH THE RULER.
The Scourgc in Florida Spreading
Alabama and Mississippi
Threatened
A Rigid Quarantine Maintained ~
Memphis, where the Greatest
Excitement Prevails.


A Jacksonville. Fla, special OF Friday says
that the new cases reported still keep up over
the hundred, and the death rate Is still high,
but strong hopes are expressed that day be-
fore yesterdays record OF 1873 eases and twcn-
~ deaths will be the highest. The weather
to-day has been almost perfect, but the death
rate was undiminishcd. One hundred and
thirty-onc new cases were reported 10 the
president OF the board OF health, making tho
total 70 date l,fGi. The deaths reported to-
day numbered fifteen, making total Of iS5.
The published statement that this city is
without fire protection Is untrue. The fire
department has been kept up, It's discipline Is
perfect, and every fire has been promptly
suppressed.
From table published by tho Times
Union IL appears that during the last six
years the earliest frost that would do any
good In the present ease was on the 10th OF
November, but by the time that day arrives,
at the present rate Of increase, there will not
be many left TO have the fever.
Last night tho first victim among the news
paper men died poor Bowden, late city
editor OF the Timcs-UnIon. lie had made all
arrangements 10 send his wife and family
away, but before they could leave his chill
drcn were attacked, then his wife, and finally
himself. He stuck 20 his post manfully, and
shrked no hazardous work until his little
onss Were taken IN and he had TO stop at
home 20 look after them.
A visit 10 the medical bureau presided over
by DR.. Porter, who, since DR.. Caldwell's ill
ness, has coupled both that duty and govern
mcnt representative shows a terrible state OF
affairs. Night and days doctors are driving
of and returning. Messages are coming for
doctors and nurses by thrccs and fours at
time. Dusky messengers come hurricdly in
with "For Gods sake, Doctor, send some
one TO my wife. There II no one 90 look nf-
Ter her." or, in other instances, q man calls
10 say that man and woman, or woman and
child living near him have been III with fever
for two or three days, aud had no one 10 see
them or 10 send message, and he had just
called 10 let the bureau know. It Is heart
rending 10 hear some OF the prayers that
doctor may be sent NJ once 10 a wife or child,
as the ease may be, who Is on the point OF
death, and DIR. Porter, one OF the noblest OF
men, Is doing gallant work with his staff.
Dr. Porter came from Key West at an carly
stage OF tho epidemic, not for tho sake OF
money but for the sake OF doing good, and is
now doing all the extra work n disbursing
agent Of the government aud chief OF the
medical bureau, without any remuneration.
To-day the great question ~ making the
colorcd people work was considered, and In
day or two IL will be cnfored. The associa-
ton Is afraid OF dcmoralizing them completely
II they keep everyone on full rations for
weeks, and II has been decided 10 make them
work In some way 10 improve The town, on
the roads, etc., or refuse 10 feed them. The
question Is likely 10 cause some trouble. Col
ored people are still making their way in, to-
day twenty from the surrounding country
were arrested. They don'tcarc for the fever,
but they do care for free rations.
The Rev. Mr.. Linn told me the most pa
thetic little story to-day ever heard. A lit
tle white boy about years old had been dis
charged cured, from the Sand Hills, and
found his way 10 his old home, In which, dur
ing his Illness, his father, mother, and sister
had died, and the house was shut up. lie
asked the people for his father and mother
and was told that all his people were dead. |
lie stopped down aud picked up the eat,
which was the only thing left 10 welcome
him home, and said; PUSSY, there are only
you aud / left now; we are alone" The
ncighbors took him away nth the cat i'm his
arms
Mcclcmmy reported five new cases and one
death to-day The situation at Glenn ST.
Mary is unchanged. No new cases have
been reported. One death occurred az
Gainesville yesterday. DIR. julius Wise has
been ordered TO make an investigation No
Wcllborn and Fcrnandina a. 10 reported
yellow fever In those towns. 81. Augustine
j. happy over her clean and healthy city. [
Tomorrow everything, excepting the mails, |
will be prohibited from entering that city,
and the mails from jacksonville and Gaines |
yllc will not be allowed IN mt all. ST. Au- |
gttstine Is surrounded BY 30 armed men.
Private advices from lIendersonville, O., !
coincide with the official reports Only two I
deaths have occurred, and all the eases are
closely confined 10 refugees. The latter are
well treated and making the best Of an irk- /
some situation. Three hundred refugees are /
there now, eight OF whom arc from Camp 4
Perry. As soon rs the refugees arrived al /
IIendcrsonyillc, those who had means fixed \
up a hospital for the sick. and betrayed cx- /
pcnscs. should the disease spread any more, 4
outside aid VIII become pressing necessity. /
a dispatch from Memphis, Tenn, Friday, I
says ten eases Of yellow fever were reported \
at Decatur, Ala, to-day, and a regular stam- /
pedc from that city j. in progress Decatur 4
i 1870 miles east Of the Memphis & Charleston
railroad.
No answer could be GOT 10 a telegram ask
ing for information till late this afternoon,
when Manager Armstrong Of the Western
Union sent The following.
Doctors say one very suspicious case here
Doubt II by few. No one hut me left I'm
my Office. The town il almost depopuatcdv
Previous 10 the reception Of the above the
superintendent OF The southern express COM
pany received a telegram from tire AGENT OF