Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-17
PEsTILENCE STRICKEN.
jacksonville Given over to Yellow Fever
and ThieYes=A Terrible Picture.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla Aug. l4.-Dr. Ken
worthy, the city health officer, reports the
following official bulletin for "a hours
ending at q D. IN. to-day: New cases d,
suspected /, deaths 0, under treatment q,
total number of cases to date 26, total
number of deaths 4. A more favorable
showing.
The result of Saturdays meeting at
Jacksonville, Florida, of the various city
and county authorities and the formation
of the Jacksonville auxiliary association
was seen Sunday. At O'Clock fifty teams
and numerous gangs of men began the
work of cleaning and disintecting all over
the city. Scores of wooden fruit stands
regular breeding places for epidemlcs-
were burned while hundreds OF loads of
rubbish. old boxes, etc, were consumed
Sulphur was burned in large quantities
Lime and chloride of lime, copperas and
other disinfectants were freely used in all
parts of the city, and especially in the
sewers. Large fires of coal tar and pitch
pine were kept burning ali day. Every
portion of the city Is to be gone over thus
carefully and the hardest kind of fight
made to stamp out the scourge at once.
Menaces to be Burned.
1t is said the wooden portion of the
Grand Union hotel is to be burned. This
is the place where the epidemics ot 1857
mick was taken from a fortnight ago.
Every building that is declared menace
to the city's health will be destroyed.
Surgeon Guteras is here again, rs the
Waycross, Ga, authorities summarily
elected him from that place, whittier he
had gone TO prepare a fumigating station
for the mails.
The Stampede.
The "eXodusters" have about all gone
Probably about three-quarters of the citi-
zens have left, and of those remaining
most of them mean business. No general
advice has been given them by the physi-
clans regarding the best methods of pre-
serving health, and each person is au-
thority for himself. The general precau-
| tion among many Is small bag contain
ing sulphur and camphor to be worn next
the body on the chest and a small piece
of garlic carried in the mouth The situa-
ton seems no better The weather is hot
and murky
A Dismal Picture.
A funeral-like pail falls on the city as
darkness sets in Thieves are already
Drawing the perils of the fever poisoned
| night air, and the scores of deserted
dwellings afford them rich pickings,
the police at present cannot protect so
! ldl St II lelIllOIN. NtdTlN ali lut SlOItS
have closed and the sawmills and other
manufactures will shut up to-day. Much
suffering from want is anticipated. The
newspapers are experiencing trouble al
ready, as the printers are leaving daily.
New Cases in jacksonville Raw
ages of the disease in Cuba.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The official bul-
letin from jacksonville, Fla, to-day
shows three new cases. There have been
2S cases to da5e and four deaths.
ST. JAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 15-Tweuty
deaths from yellow fever occurred in this
city up to July Is. The weather is very
! irregular, such rs usually prevails when
! yellow fever becomes epidemic in the
| island Reports from the interior show
an increased number OF deaths and new
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