The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12

1880 O'clock. on the Mi dleburg road. south
east of the city, after an illness of a week.
He was a native of Byron, Ga, and came
to Jacksonville five years age ard worked
as a carpenter. A thorough and coDsclen-
tiOus Christian, loving husband and
devoted, faithful friend. he won the esteem
of all who knew him, and his sad and unex-
pected death, in the prime of his life, leaves
an aged mother aud young wife to mourn
his loss, along with large number Of sor-
rowing friends.
"Red-headed girls are exempt from yel-
low fever" remarked a prominent doctor
this noon at the medical bureau. 'Yes,
continued the fever expert, Il heard this
statement advanced many years ago, bt fore
the white horse theory was sprung
on the public, and when | came here | de-
terinined to further investigate the mat er.
i have done SO, and among my patients,
over 406 in number, not one of them had
'carroty Wig as we used to CAL red hair at
college. | have asked my brother physi-
clans if they had any Ted-headed patients,
and could not find but one doctor who said
he had had this rdrG dUiS. but on further
questioning him, | learned that it was an
albino."
A FLUTTER OF EXCITEMENT.
There was a futter of excitement in the
corridors of the medical bureau yesterday
evening, caused by a white woman and
baby. The excitement was among the doc
tors and grew to fever heat when somebody
started the story, which was rapidly passed
around, that the woman wanted some one
to adopt the little one. Some of the doctors
on hearing this de Jared that they were
heads of families, others that they were
single and it would never do to adopt
baby, for when they went back 10 their
homes all kinds of stories might be started
about it, etc While all this Eubbub was
lr Pprfnf-
the story went over to the mother and
learned that she did not want to part with
her baby, and that she only came there to
get assistance from the medical bureau, as
her husband was dead and the epidemic had
thrown her out of work. Her tale aroused
the sympathies Of the bureau and she was
speedily given position, and now can take
care OF her child.
A FUNERAL BY NIGHT.
As the pitiless rain fell last night Under
taker Gordon was seen en- route to the
cemetery with corpse. Only Mr.. Gordon
and the cOlored hearse-driver accompanied
the body Many of the dead are buried
now without funeral ceremony or pail
bearers.
A steady-going gentleman residing in this
city was mortified a few days ago to get
letter from brother in Texas expressing
surprise that he (the Jacksonvillian) had had
yellow fever, saying: 81 thought you were
a temperance man, and would, therefore,
escape"
Twelve nurses were sent home this noon:
Mrs. j. Hanlee and Mrs. W. G. Harrison of
New Orleans; Henry Paine, Jacob Bethel,
and John Roberts of Key West Enos Saw
age, S. Duncan. John Page, john Hunter,
George w. Williams, and Ed. Williams of
Tampa.
Relapses now SO easily brought on by
damp weather are very dangerous
Yesterday and last night were dark and
rainy-awful weather for the sick.
81 have known well and hearty men to
get little boozy since this fever appeared
here and take sick before sobering up, and
three times out of five they would die" re-
marked a physician yesterday.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Weed will go to Fernan-
dina tomorrow as special agent Of the
auxiliary association here. DIR. Kenworthy
will make trip to Sanderson and Mac
clenny tomorrow.
DR.. Blacks interview in an Atlanta paper
in which he makes gross charges against
the officials and citizens here, causes much
Indignation. Probably the board of health
will have something to say tomorrow In
the matter. Either he is grossly misrepre-
sented in the interview, or else he stated
what is not true.
DISTINCTION AND FUMIGATIoN.
DR.. j. Y. Porter, the government surgeon
in charge Of relief and fumigation measures,
issued the following this evening:
To the Public:
The disinfection and fumigaton OF houses
where cases of yellow fever have occurred,
together with the staff of which DR.. DEM Eche-
menda is chief. having been transferred to the
marine hospital service under my charge, the
following will be the general rules regulating
the same:
Disinfection of Houses-1. No general disin-
fection Of houses will be practiced until after
the close of the epidemic, 2. Requests to
fumigate apartments will be honored in cases
where the party making the request signifies a
willingness to defray all the expenses incident
TO the same. 3. Where parties are financially
unable to perform the necessary cleaning of
apartments after the discharge Of patient by
recovery or death, or are unable to procure in
telligent help, the fumigation staff VIII be
instructed TO perform the work.
Destruction of PrOperty-1 Mattresses, pill
lows, comforts and blankets soiled by elections
from the sick to such an extent as TO prevent
their further use by any one else sick In the
same house or family. should be destroyed by
burning at once which destruction will be done
at the request of the owner by the fumigating
and disinfecting department. OF the government
bureau on application to me. The government
will assume no pecuniary responsibility. There
fore, parties totally unable to sustain the loss
of infected material of the character above de-
scribed, may expect to be reimbursed by the
general government, but no receipt for the
article stating the fact can at present
be given. Second, all applications for REIN
bursement for destruction of infected material
claims of the Citizens Auxiliary Sanitary Asso-
citation, fixing the valuation, and particularly
stating the question of the impecuni-
osity Of the owner, before they can
be entertained by and forwarded TO
the United States marine hospital bureau
at Washington. 3. Articles Of linen and cotton
goods in use about the sick should be immersed
In a solution of bichoride Of mercury, after
ward boiled in the same solution. and on tho
cessation of sickness in the family, again boiled
IN similar solution and laundred. 4. On APP
plication 10 DR.. DEM. Echemendia the solu-
ton OF bcloride Of mercury referred to in
paragraph 3, will be furnished free.
Inspection Of Houses Prep trdtOru to Disinfec
ton and Ft,niigdtion.-l. The fumigating staff
under DR.. DsM. Echemendia will visit each
house from which cases of yellow fever have
been reported to the board Of health of Duval
county and will endeavor to ascertain the guam
tity OF infected material therein, taking an ac-
curate record of the same and to designate the
articles ut the close Of the epidemic will stamp
with the device, yellow fever epidemic, 1888"
Doubtless the citizens OF Jacksonville will be
sufficiently publc-spirited to aid in the destruc
ton OF infected material and prevent the
secreting Of any article which would In the
future propagate this disease
No contributions were reported by the
finance committee Today.
The question of the return Of nurses to their
homes is fast becoming a most embarrass-
ing one. Neither Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama nor Texas will receive yellow
fever attendants until aft-r frost. Mean
while their pay goes on under the terms of
their contracts, and with the lessening num-
ber of sick their services are no longer re-