The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-25

gloomiest Sunday in Decatur's history,
the sun even refusing its chserfulllght.
There are hardly more than $50 people
in town. Two-thirds of these are
colored. Special trains with about
fifty refugees left about midnight last
night. There were but two cases and
no deaths to-day. One OF to-day's
cases is DIR. w. G. Buckley, one of the
best physicians in Decatur. The total
number of cases is II; total deatns 4
THE MEMPHIS QUARANTINE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September % The
city has been quiet to-day. Confidence
is restored an the feeling of uneasiness
which amounted almost TO a panic on
Friday has given away to more ra
tional view of the situation. The quar-
antine regulations of Memphis nave
caused a suspension of travel, and the
result is shown in the few arrivals at
the hotels Business is virtually at g
standstill throughout this section of
country. The quarantine is working
great hardships on many OF the clti-
Zens who are absent from the city and
cannot return. President Hadden, of
the taxing district, to-day Issued a cir
cular calling for fifty men as volunteers
to act on picket duty on the roads and
river front until the services of militia
can be secured.
In reply to President Hadden's mes
sage calling for the State Militia, the
Governor says: Il am powerless to
comply, having no authority of law to
and without a doll ar of appropriation
u oh m now than If tho pnilifTa
sees proper to volunteer for such pur-
poses, will not forbid it,"
President Hadden Immediately con-
suited with Major Carnes. commanding
the Second Battalion of National
Guards, which resulted in an order call
ing upon the militia to report to-mor-
row morning for quarantine duty.
STOPPING THE TRAINS.
NEW ORLEANS, September pa de-
spatch from Meridian. Miss. says: The
board of health this afternoon ordered
all trains to be stopped. None will be
allowed to pass through Meridian after
tonight. Local trains on the Illinois
Central and Noble q Ohio roads be-
tween Cairo and Jackson, Tenn, have
been abandoned.
THE WORST MAY BE OVER.
JACKSONVILLE, September 23.-Raports
of the board of health to-day aggregate
1873 new cases and 10 deaths Among
the new cases are two of the visiting
physicians. A more hopeful feeling
exists, many intelligent observers of
former epide mics sbelieVing that the
Worstls over.
TWO CASES AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, September 23.-Dr. P. B.
TAYLOR, who has been attending the
yellow fever patients in Decatur, ar
rived tonight. He has symptoms of
fever and was removed TO the Eruptlve
Hospital as was also B. Grant. No
other case has developed here.
LATER REPORTS.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September "a
Damp and disagreeable weather pre-
walls. Reports up to noon show 40
cases, more than two thirds of which
are colored people. and deaths in the
mast eighteen hours. The situation in
dicates little prospect OF improvement
Business is cut off by the local
quarantine throughout he State. More
than half the stores are closed, 9TH RS
are doing little business. Only one
regular train arrives and departs each
dsy, on the various railroads, except
those running to the beach. Boat lines
on the river from this point are all
stopped.
MEMPHIS RELBNTING.
! MEMPHIS, September PA meeting
OF the Joint committee of the cotton and
merchants exchanges and the city
authorizes was held to-day at noon.
The stringent quarantine regulations
which had been enforced since Satur-
day, were amended by the adoption of
| the foil owing resolutions: THAT passes
/ be issued upon the president OF the
taxing district and upon the president
of thu board OF health for persons to
come in and out of the city who live in
i the vicinity of the city and who will
not so to any infected district; that this
au' b ority will also cover all cases of
people desiring to bring in produce or
carry out supplies IN wagons or other
vehicles.
Resolved, That any person, or per.
sons. who are at present quarantlned
at stations shall be permitted to come
to the city upon permits issued by the
taxing district authorities, when salts
factory evidence is shown that they
have not been in any affected districts.
The local military companies reported
for d1ty to-day and later will be as
signed to duty as pickets on the dirt
roads.
NO CAUSE FOR QUARANTINE.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, September Oh
The quarantine established Friday by
this ty against Greenvi'le, Alabama,
was removed this morning, it being
certain there was no cause.