The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-29
FEVER ON THE RETREAT
a BELIEF THAT THE WORST OF
THE SIEGE HAS BEEN PASSED.

Miss FANNY CURRY.
&. BURKE.
NEW CASES.
T2-day's new cases among tee whites are
<. F. BCRGERr.
WILLIE BUaaERr.
WALTER BURGERT
JEAN BUHGERT.
GEORGE HONIBURo.
Ilr. TUCKER of No. 207 Ashley street.
EpwARD HUNTLRY.
J. c. CREWS.
Mts. n. l.. HULL.
JOHN =. BOWMAN.
A son Of y. F. BOWMAN.
Mrs JoHN FERBEgRA.
4 child OF J. 4. f.ovETT.
lKEAy t. LIIIENTHAL, JR.
WILSON S0NERvILLE.
BERTlE SoMERvILLB.
NANCY AGENwORTHY.
A. J. PALMER.
FRED GOODRICH.
Mrs. PADELFoRD.
EDWARD MOORE
CHARLES WKIpEN.
Miss GUGEL.
FRANK HAMLER.
CHARLES ENTIRE.
T. l.. SLAUGHTER.
To-day's total Of new cases is made up OF
2o whites and 50 negres.
DIR. EDDY's DEATH.
The bulletin board at tie medical bureaus
Headquarters bore its first ominious mes
sage to-day. This afternoon Mr.. Porter
Put up tie following:
1t Is with sorrow and pain that announce to
the medical STAFF of visiting physicians the
death o. Or. L. T Eddy OF Louisville. Ky, from
yellow fever. which sad event occurred few
minutes past 12 O'Clock this date. When the
appeal was made TO the country at large for
professional aid to the pestilent stricken city of
Jacksonville, DR.. Eddy responded to the call
and has, until he himself was stricken down
with the fever, been untiring ia his professional
attentions to the sick and suffering. A call to
attend patient met with a quick response,
whether it came at midday or midnight, and his
courteous demeanor and cheerful and gentle
manner won him many friends among his
patients the medical staff and others. The
funeral services will be held at the Office Of I'm
dertaker Tyler tomorrow morning AZ O'Clock,
and it is requested that as many of the staff as
can be present will make it convenient to do 30.
JOSEPH y. PORTER,
Surgeon in Charge Medical Bureau.
Dr. Eddy's hard work and his exposure
TO the long siege of damp weather probably
intensified the disease after he was taken
down with it. AT meeting Of jackson
vile physicians this afternoon sincere sor-
row for his death was expressed and resolu-
tions of respect passed. DR.. Eddy was
probably between 55 and 60 years of age.
THE GORDON.
Tho Gordon around Jacksonville is COM
pleted and made as nearly perfect as posi-
BE The chairman of the committee on
the sanitary guard, C. w. Stan.ell, has
Just issued set of rules and regu etionS
governing that body. The Gordon now ex-
fauds from a nOiOt the ,St ,IOhu'S river q
mile north of Wilson & Huntings mill
westward and southwark around the city to
pointa quarter of a mile south of River
side, on the st. Johns river and from there
along the north bank Of the st. Johns river
to the point OF beginning. This Gordon is
divided into four grand divisions, and
each grand division, except the river
division, into twelve equat parts to be
marked by yellow flag, each flag to be q
sentry post Specific instructions have
been given the captain, the four lieutenants
and the twelve roundsmeu, go that their
duties can in no event be misunderstood
General orders No issued yesterday, along
with other instructions, contain the follow
ing: "Allow no one TO pass through the
line without n lawful pass, eXcapt members
Of tue relief committee with "A badge, ply
sicians. ard the members of this COM
mittee."
CONFLICTS ON THE LINE.
Already some conflicts have arisen be-
tween travellers and the guard, and recently
an ermed band Of negroes forced their way
through the Gordon. Tho guard has been
increased 80 that :his cannot occur again.
Passes will be issued to residents OF Duval
county on application to any member OF the
relief committee, or at the headquarters Of
the sanitary guard. Nothing but commits
ssry supplies can be carried through the
J: es by the bearers of these passes 1t is
the intention Of the authorities 10 keep the
refugees from Nassau county and other
points from coming III here and camping
upon our county.
Some very necessary rules concerning
the sick and their nurses we're formulated
to-day by DR.. J. Y. Porter and put in exc
cution. Gener order No. provides that:
Free medicine and medical supplies mot
liQuurB) shall be furnished only when 1t is
cesrly shown that the patient is not able to
pay Tor the same.
General order No. 2 reads:
Free nurses shall only be furnished when the
patient Ia surrounded by home confortorts, but
without the cash 10 pay the nurse. Hospitals
are open 10 the public and must be utilized by
those patients who are sick in scantlly furnished
houses.'
DIR. PoRTER's POSITION.
DIR. Porter, at the executive meeting to-
day, said that he occupied delicate posi-
tion In endeayoring to assist this executive
committee in executing the orders OF the
health authorities III n manner to insure the
financial support of the government; that
he simply executed the WISHES of the board
Of health, aud was rcsponsible only for the
Carrying out Of their orders He had no
authority to designate drug stores or physi-
cCrs whose medicines aud prescriptions
LIQUID DC paid for at the governments ex-
euse.
Cashier Baker of the State Bank of
florida. who was reported quite Ill this
morning, Is no better this afternoon.
Col. J. j. Daniel is about the same.
DEATH AFTER a DEBAUcH.
Yellow fover in any phase is a gloomy
subject, but when a death occurs under
such frightf,Il circumstances as one did here
Yesterday it becomes a nightmare. The
case was that OF man of intemperate
habits, who ten days ago suffered all the
horrors Of delilium tremeDs. Then
yellow fever seized him, and
Nv having A pocd nurse and excellent