The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-30
YELLOW JACKS GRIP WEAK.
Seven Cases ALL He Could Add TO His
List During the Day.


No New Gases at Jesup.
Brunswick, Ga, Oct. 29.-Only seven
new cases of fever were reported to-day,
Five of the new patients are whites, as
follows: Maggie McInarny, M. e. Greene,
Thomas Hendricks, Mrs. A. c, Douglass,
Mrs. r. Farmer.
The colored are: Annie Harris and
George G. Platts.
No deaths have occurred.
Twenty-seven patientswere discharged,
four of whom are whites: Mrs. Henry
Cox, Mary Ferguson, j. B. Cunning and
D. r. Cunning.
The twenty-three negroes discharged
are; McGrill, j, II. Kelley, Mollie Ward,
Martha Pinkey, E. Ellis, r. ID. Dengal,
f. G. Clayton, Amanda Pearson, Virginia
Mitchell, Charles Lee, Rebecca Boat
wright, Americus Moore, Elva Campheld,
Riggsboe's child, Redding's child, A.
Rollins, Jessie Pollard, Charity Morgan,
Jesse Pollock, Ada Campheld, Clara Pat
rick, Fannie johnson and E. j. Rozzell
The weather to-day has been cool and
tonight it is cold. The wave is expected
to last only a short while and frost is not
expected to come before Nov 10
Surgeon Murray sends the four New
Orleans professional nurses home to-
morrow, as he thinks the epidemic can
now be handled without them.
PHYSICIAN CALLED AWAY.
One physician left tonight for home,
sickness in his family Fastening his de-
parture.
Surgeon Murray has requested Sur
geon General Wyman to let Surgeon Car
ter come to help him. If Surgeon Car
ter comes Surgeon Murray will devote
great deal of his time to active practice,
Atlanta and Macon have raised their
quarantine against Brunswick.
DR. Bowen medical editor Of the World,
spent to-day here investigating the city
The health board and relief association
have extended him courtesies whenever
in the city.
The relief committee commenced to-day
to figure on supplies and how long they
will last, so as 10 form some definite esti-
mate of what is before them. 1t is be-
lieved that with the supplies on hand, en-
route and in course of preparation for
shipment no more danger OF a scarcity
need be feared. The public has been gen
erous.
Preparations are being made to close
Camp Detention in a few weeks, possibly
in two.
THE SAILOR TROUBLE SETTLED.
Surgeon Murray, at Camp Detention,
this morning settled the sailor trouble by
making them pay their board.
Acting under orders from the Postmas-
ter General, Mail Superintendent Terrill
buG Ors1ap al la
wick repunched at Camp Detention
whether the envelopes have been pre-
viously punched here or not. The depart
ment has furnished a common board
studded with sharp-pointed nails to be
driven through all letters, postals, and
all classes Of mail. The omcial reports
from Brunswick and all other mail, is
torn to pieces by this crude process, and
much complaint is heard. Punched en-
velopes containing checks, money, etc,
are repunched and all share the same
fate
While the backbone Of the epidemic
seems broken, the danger Is not yet over.
and no non-immunes are allowed to re-
turn.
Both waters in Wallace's restaurant
We're stricken today while serving din
ner, and had to be sent home.
coMMIssARY WORK.
Book5eeper E. sNy. Bingham, Of the
commissary force, issued his official re-
port to-day for the week ending last
night. II shows that $3.50 single people,
all deserving poor, received rations for
three days each, making u total of
25. $50 days rations, or Is, 200 meals issued.
These ratiols were given to the destitute
in Brunswick and the Brunswick refugees
scattered on the islands and around
Glynn county.
AS previously stated in these dispatches
over 5000 people have refugeed from
Brunswick. The majority did not have
much money, and could not leave Glynu
county. All the cash many Of these had
has been paid out for provisions in the
hope that they could tide over the epi-
demic without applying TO the commits
sary. All their cash is now gone. and
pride has taken a back seat on account of
hunger. Fortunately the outlook is
bright for supplying the necessarily in
creasing numbers Of deserving poor.
Eiehty-five barrels Of floor are en- route
from Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mr.. DARTS APPOINTMENT.
All Brunswick reioices in Hon Jacob
y. Darts appointment as consul to Quad
aloupe, West Indies. 1t was
just tribute to man who was
true to his friends and democracy. II
IS a FbUlhEkdUle appointment, because III
was unsolicited and made without Mr.
Darts knowledge that such movement
was on foot Men who have stood shoul-
der TO shoulder with Mr.. Dart during
this epidemic, helping him work for his
people, and have seen him working daily
at his desk TO relieve suffering humanity,
and have known that at night
he was watching the life Of
his beloved son passing away,
under the clutch of the yellow plague,
felt his sorrow. These same men who
watched him bury his son, and the same
day saw him viliiied and criticised by a
newspaper. whose editor knew he was
heplessly and literally tied hand and feet.
felt FOR him and wondered how he could
stand II all They knew he was honor
able and worthy, and kne| his record was
clear and his duty well done.
LETTER TO SENATOR GORDON.
Therefore they reloiced when they
learned Of his appointment, and have IS
sued this letter as token OF their APP
probation. 10 explains itself
Hon. John B Gordon, United States Sen
ator, Washington. ID C.-Dear General: For
we an feel we may call you 30, although there
are those who wore the ilue as wei as the
gray in our relief association. Win senator
COlqultt ana lion. H. a.. Turner we ask that
y0l viii express our individual thanks 10
President Cleveland Tor the appointment ~
Hon. j. j.. Dart as consul we have been his
he had never suffered from the lever and vas
not aH immune. bee has faithfully stood
al the pn-f % duty where Nn
placed hlm, aud With Two children