The Portland daily press., 1888-09-04
THIRTY-SEVEN CASES IN ONE DAY.
one More Than the Total Number
Of Deaths to Date.
The Gay JacksonvlIlei:of Five Weeks
Ago Almost Deserted.
A Schooner Off Delaware Break
water With the Fever Aboard.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. 3.-Thirty-
sevon new cases were reported to the board
Of health today and two deaths, making the
total cases to date, 295; total deaths, 36. 1t
is feared the damp weather will have very
bad effect on the sick and eonYalescent All
the nurses have been instructed to redouble
their care, as a relapse would be fatal. At
meeting this afternoon, Chairman Lengle, of
the committee on sanitation, reported he
had employed about 400 men last week who
have thoroughly gone over the locality pre-
viously covered. He said he would continue
to keep the city in its present clean condi-
tion.
Five long weary weeks have now elapsed
since the Mccormick case, and what change.
busy, bustling city, the metropolis of
large flourishing State, with population of
nearly 10000, changed to silent, almost de-
populated place, with only 1900 or so whites
and 1900 or 1900 negroes left. The aspect
of the streets throws an air of chill and
dread upon the passer by.
The only excitement today was at the j.,
+. and w. depot when the excursion train
arrived. A large crowd gathered to see the
people off. Probably $50 or 200 left on the
train. Had it been free hundreds more
would have gone. There are lots and lots of
people here, men with families, who are
very anxious to see their dear ones placed in
safety, but they haven't means. The relief
association is anxious to get these people
off, and Is making an effort to get its camp
ready. Bids have been received for 200
small houses Of two rooms, sufficient to ac-
commodate five or six people, for 500 each.
As soon as site can be selected the associa-
tlon will go to work ana endeavor to have
these built at once. This association has
been the means Of doing much good for this
city, and those at the head Of it certainly
hvae worked hard. They need more money,
and all absent Jacksonyillians should bear
this in mind.
A double gloom was caused this morning
by the announcement of the death of ID. w,
l.. Baldwin, one of the most prominent ply
sicians. It was thought he had safely pass
ed the crisis. The new cases reported today
are numerous, but it is not certain that sew
eral physicians are not making reports to
the board of health. They ascertain that the
posting of yellow flags at the patients gate,
and the publishing of the fact that they have
yellow fever has an injurious effect in fright
enlng them. These physicians see that the
patients have only little bilious attack but
treat them for yellow fever. They say the
disease frightens more to death than it kills.
1t is now believed the total number of cases
of fever not reported is large. Some con-
spicuous offenders will probably be prosecut-
ed. Failure to stamp out the disease in its
incipient stages. was undoubtedly due to neg
lect OF the physicians to report the first sus-
picious cases promptly to the board of health
Tho press has been very unfortunate in the
past few days. Today only two members Of
the Times Union editorial staff are left on
duty. The city editor has four children sick.
The Fever In Schooner.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER, Del, Sept g.
The tug Argus reports the schooner Adele
Thackeray off the capes with yellow fever
ON hoard and two men dead