New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-26

hc Battalion OF San Quentin on duty in santo rspr'u'
twenty-three have fallen victims to yellow fever:
seventeen more have been attacked with IT, and three
Of them are dangerously ILL., OF detachment OF nino
men on duty at Parades spot noted for Its good
sanitary condition all attacked. and seven died
Of the fever. The mortality has been Terrible
One day twenty four deaths reported from IT,
The epidemic has been sweeping the island. Out Of
a full company of men all but eight have been swept
| away in this city. The Island of Nassau knowing
the danger has declared fortydsy quarantine against
u.
KIND HEARTS AND FULL PURSES HERE.
THE SUFFERERS GET THE BENEFIT OF BATHS
LETTER FROM FLORIDA.
| At the meeting of the Florida Auxiliary Re
lief Association at the Grand Central Hotel yes
terday, Major j. ii. Darkee read several letters
and kilograms from Jacksonville expressing gratl-
tude to the New-York organization, and stating
the condition Of the Florida towns and the out
look for the future A letter from Colonel j. j.
Daniel, president of the Jacksonville Relief AS
ISOLATION, among other things, said:
The situation here grows upon You can have no
conception Of the magnitude Of work Practically our
committee absorbed the work Of the city and county
officials The Of Relief Committee Is simply over
whemng is also that Of committee on nurses ana
physicians and the OF the sick Our Committee on
Sanitation also has a heavy burden carry. Looking
forward must to two months yet al least OF inter-
mission Of it becomes extremely necessary
that should enlarge ana sysemauze our plans oi Vu
ing situation In hand Among the proolehs 'h&' ARC
meeting US 10 ina. Of aid places outside OF our own
county, gravtatng into the same CONDITION tha
are In. Within own county OUTSIDE OF Jacksoh'
vle there inevitably be good deal OF Distress Tor
the fever extended itself In all directions from ne
city limits No one not ground appreciate and
understand magnitude Of the responsibilities involved
Two nurses were sent TO Jacksonville yester-
dav Frances McIntyre and Mrs Sims. More ac-
climated female nurses are urgently needed. Inc
| Rival Amateur Dramatic Association volunteered
to give musical and dramatic entertainment 1or
the benefit of the sufferers at the Windsor lheatre
on Sunday evening, October 8. +. Is Murtha the
lessee of the theatre, has volunteered 10 give lS
| use.
The following ladies have consented to act as
patronesses at the benefit performance to be given
at the Casino tomorrow afternoon. In aid OF the
yellow fever sufferers: Mrs. Barrett Van Auken'
Mrs. Jeannette Thurber Mrs Georre Blanchard
Mrs. Eugene Mclean, Mrs Egbert Guernsey. Mrs
Cvrus w. Field Mrs Dillon. Mrs. A. Page Brown,
Mrs. Ogden Doremus, Mrs, Roger Pryor Mrs.
Bradley Fiske. Mrs Harvl Dew Mrs Benoni
Lockwood. Mrs Dudley Field, Mrs. Frederick
Grant and Mrs. William Pryor. Nadjy' VIII oe
performed and the interior Of the house VIII pe
decorated for the occasion Many rare plants
have been loaned by the ladies Of the committee
for this purpose The floral booths to be placed
in the foycrs will be presided over by the 4eao'ns
artists in the city, and the ushering VIII be oone
bv e. H. Sothern, Roland Reed Frank Mayo
Charles Stevenson, Joseph Haworth L. DOCK
stader Signor Perugini, Fred Pauldlng' oiuney
Drew Frazier Coulter and Marcus Mayer Ru-
dolpb Aronson and the Ladies' Jacksonville Re
lief Society have the interests of the sufferers
thoroughly at heart and large house is expected
The Tribune yesterday received the following
,hecr riptio a
Fever Fund: G. l.. Hurd. Lee, Mass. So; MIS-
Emma Van Dusen, 81 so; IL. NJ ST. The
first subscription to the fund WAS $50 by y. D
Palmer No. l66 Reade-st., and the total no"
amounts TO s5l5 81.
The subscriptions received at the Mayors
office Yesterday amounted to s71S 20; MAKING
the total sum forwarded by the Mayor to Jack
sonyille s45.46519. Among the amounts giver
were: Additional from the New-fork Metal ~
change. sl45; Roderick Terry, 500; benIamif
e. Company and their employees, Ss3 10; from
Funk & Wagnalls. $50 20; A. ii. klng 20.
clothiers percentage Of sales, soI 9o. .,,
me Ladies jacksonville Relief Society, OF whlci
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor is president and Marsarc
| Manton secretary, numbers among its mcnpcIS on'
| rolIovvinp ladies' many of whom have written per
.onal letters expressing the most generous splr
of charity: Mrs. William Astor, Mrs " liilam VI
Evar Mrs Barrett H. Van RraGE Agen Mrs. rS john RGnO
Dillon, Mrs. Dudley. Field, Mrs. Martha Lamo Tu
Miss Mary Cooke, Mrs. Egbert Guernsey, l Mrs
John Sherwood, Mrs Khlnslahoes pdah ra NiJ % Warrel
Goddard' Mrs James b. Fry, Mrs. Vncenzo B9tta
Mrs George Blanchard, Mrs Ogden Doremus' ls lrS )
F. A. p Barnard Mrs Wn,eaw Wenrm Mrs. Mrs. Frcdercj
Condert Mrs Challes Longstreet, Mrs fanny iS Baf
row, Mrs Eugene Mclean Mrs Betfner, MiS sdS
. PEBBLES, Miss Thompson, MIS- Joih ~ io"N''N'
; THE TRIALS OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
chicago Sept 25.-" How far on your road cal
xou do business without ineruptionT was asked
, General Manager Jeffrey, Of the Illinois Central las
evening ,. A
"Our whole business is interrupted-alInost as
,oa-at the present time, but l hope for bette
,hincs soon l am confident that within a few day
cooler heads and better judgment Will cohtro'' Ah
that necessary business may be conducted uhoe
proper restrictions" ,, .,
pefcrrng 10 a number of dispatches received durih
the dav from various points along the souhern hhe
Mr.. jeffrey said: ~ III =.
1taed the quarantine so as to permit engines an
,nMt enaLLng the railroad company to run tran tran
ta,veen Easi cairo and Jachsoi, Tenn, ioo ni,io, @
t,ho,,gh al nearly ali inerlcdia sta Ions tne @ noea
aithousI @ f"rbld the stoppage OF t@ns Betwec
Jackson Tonn and Canton MISS, aaV III n' eu,a, nm
10 ,be extent Of permitting trains W slop' Posu
,bere ds a rigid inspect ion by inc propoi M ,,sS
nen ere tbe e 900 miles of railway controlled oy lh
sG%'h sDG oo of rosd
Mobile; and IL may be taken as an csse ~ eeo1
hs time that there is not sngle case va "a. an
g 49, ae o I'm The lower Mississippi Nailey ou's'uo
Iackson Mss, and It's vicnlty ha,dopcd a
The Illinois Central Company Idcb ha extends f,oT
, ,ronS an as Aberdeen branch, when eA'c' M ,i
rant northeast 10 Aberdeen distance OF ioD n h.I,
Il has also % abandoned all trains on the the iaU sons locs
branch lines In the Yazoo delta. ihe 'Ne ~
quarantine compelled this course.
, THE SITUATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA
, Washington, sept. 25-surgeon- n-Generai h'"''''
' has received the following -. os
~ Fernandina, Fla. Sept 20.
VIII you permit refugees from ,n,s ma ~
! Perry? II So how many Wha' hlau dah,n y, %
viii be required Train leaves for alssu uo.,,b
H. f. DOTTI ERER. President bosfu VA i