The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-01
vIsITATIONs OF YELLOW FEVER,
Its First Recorded Appsaraacs eaa ito
ap Different Reappearances.

Its First Recorded APPEARANCE asa iss
sp Different Reappearaaces.
.5 New York Times.l
The tirst recorded appoareace wae In.
Central America In 1886. 1866. Il TIE.
island of st. Lucia, 1t swept away every
soul Of population VI 5000. Il arst o..
peared In New York In Ices. in Boston
In 1901, aud again In 1893. 10 Phllalal.
pAta In 1895, aud again In 1909. ed ia
this year 1t first appeared In Oharisston,
8. G.
THE SECOND CENTURY.
In 1902. Ia New York, the usostailfv
reached $40, and iu that year Il Ant
visited the Gulf Coast at Bttoxj, Mn.
IA 17O5 It visited Mobile, aud also made.
tts first appearance In Europe at OAAls,
spain. Between this date aud lo00 e
appeared tn Charleston, g. O., II ttmeD,
10 New York 16 times, In Phllaaslphis,
l3 times, In Baltimore s times, Ia Bosees
3 times, and in New Orlsans 4 une,..
1t also visited such remote plscoD @.
the Island OF Nantucket, where. % 17eS..
259 porsous died from II; Oalekill. n.
Y; Hartford, Conn; P0stsasash. N.
H.; Albany aud Greenfield. n. X; "a
tetn, Mass; and Woodbury.. n. !. Il
1889, in Philadelphia, $500 died: II New
York 20S0; In Baltimore 400: u vii.
mington, DEL, 225; In PortsmoulA, N.
H., 100; In New London, Cona. ), q, and
In Chester, Pa, so. In this yoas aIoe.
on the Island Of San Domiaso. ont Of
1000 troops 2l,100 fell, Id l79e n
Philadelphia 1000 died, and In New
York, IS. ...t -
ITS THIRD CENTURY,
During the year 1900 Ia Cadix, Hpafs.
the cases numbered 48,52O. and a.
deaths 1857; XeIxes, populstjon g .0o0.
cases &c, 900 and deaths Ia. 900: q oeviIis.
population 80,588, cases 76.488 nj
deaths IA ,Gs5. In Havana the nsortaIIlv
was 9,997. In this year also New 8sd.
ford, Providence, Hartford. BootoD.
New York, Philadelphia ana otSer
Northern cities suffered more or tens.
and also Norfolk, W.. In 1901 the e.
var spread Into Italy, whore at Lsghsra
150 died daily for several sloulks. II
also visited several places In ahe Uaieea
States, among them Block Islaa6 aal
Qusensborough in Orange cousty. n.
y, where l4O persons died durise tAs
month OF October.
In 1902 In San Domingo there. ysis
9, 900 cases aud 10000 deaths, ana othsr
islands suffered In like proportion rHN
In 1903 the fever began In New York
on July 1s, and ended in October, with
= dead list Of G, 200 souls.
In 1904 CarthagsDa, Spain, Loaf srou.
yellow fever IA $40 OF her popuiatioa Of
80, go. Malaga from popu1atlon Of
SO, 900 lost IL ,45i. The ofIlclal xeposts
In Spain for this year places the aor,.
tality at $4,000. .,.-~.''-....
In 1905 Quebec was visited by the
fever for the first aud last time, Ost
of one company Of English troops, IS Ii
number, all perIshed except SIX. L.
Phiiadeiphia II destroyed 8, 400 persoss,
In 1910 1t broke out In Alsbana
and Louisiana, and Ia New Oeieans the
mortality was 2f90. Spain euiYered tsr-
ribly during this year and Ia the two
following. a.
Ia 1922 Now York witnessed Ito last
epidemic OF the fever, where out Of Ala
cases 2t3 died. Since this date there
have been no epidemics Of the fever on
the Atlantic coast north of Norfolk. Va,
THE terrible epidemic Of 1863 swept
over portions of Florida, Alabanns, Alis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas and Askas.
sas. In New Orleans alone the mortal
ity was s,400; In 1854, 24I3, aud la 1856
2670. In the latter year in Norfolk,
Va, 1907 died, and Ia Portsmouth,,
Va, 1000.
In 1857 Jacksonville, E'ts., was visited
for the first time. In 1853 the mortality
In New Orleans WAS 1850.
The next great epidemic year was
1867, when the mortality in New Or
leans reached 30s3; In Gaiveston 1850
and In Memphis 231.
Florida and Charleston, y. c., suffered
in 1871, aud In 1873 another great CPL
demic Of yellow fever swept along the
Gulf coast and up the MissiseippI Val
ley, and at Memphis 1000 died.
In 1876 yellow fever became cpl
demic la Savannah, Ga, and Ia 1873
occurred the most terrible epidemic Of
the disease yet known 10 this country.
1t swept along the Gulf coast and up
the valley Of the Mississippi to Cairo
III. So malignant was IL that II readi-
iy attacked domestic animals and even
the wild deer OF the forest are said to
have died from II. In Memphie, with
a population reduced to less than 20 600.
there were 500 cases and $50 deaths.
Speaking of bosses, Terrenee ".
Powderty appears to be about the big.
mat T.. r.