The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-06
FEVER CASES DROP TO FIVE
Mrs. Elizabeth Drake Added TO the
List Of Dead.

All the New Patients NegrOes-Thir-
teen Negroes Discharged as Cured
Rain Accompanied by Cool Wind
Lead to Talk of Frost-Many of the
Opinion That New Cases Will De-
velop Until January A Negro
Killed by the Government Train.
Brunswick. Ga, Nov. o Only five new
cases of fever We're reported to-day, all
of which were colored. as follows: Eph
Brown, Lewis Burren, Raiford Knight,
Eva Taylor, Henry duBignon.
There was one death-Mrs. Elizabeth
Drake, white.
Thirteen patients were discharged,
none of them being white The colored
patients discharged are: George duBig-
non, Peter duBignon, James jackson,
Annie Mills, Ann johnson, Martha
Cooper Clara Williams, Amanda Keit,
Celina Williams, Phil Lee, Henry Conner,
Ada Creackle and Mary L. Way.
CHANGE IN TEE WEATHER.
The weather changed to-day from sun
shine to rain, accompanied by a slight
cool wind. The indications at > o'clock
caused hope for frost, but by 80 O'Clock
the atmosphere was considerably warmer.
The weather prophets predict slight
frost on Nov. 9, but nothing heavy enough
TO kill before Nov. %.
There Is no certainty when the cpl
demic will be declared OF. Surgeon
Murray will base his announcement of
such an event on a combination of facts
the main ones being a total absence of
cases for several days and a heavy, killing
frost. He, as have been all others, is dis
appointed at the condition Of the weather
for fifteen days past A freeze scarcely
ever reaches Brunswick before Jan. l.
Many believe cases will continue to de-
velop until then, but the epidemic will be
declared of when the conditions named
prevail.
SURGEON MUBRY's ILLNESS.
BY an error of the makeup of the News
to-day the announcement Of Surgeon Muir
rays supposed illness was left out of the
Brunswick story, and was run on the
local page. The addition which failed to
appear in its proper place read as follows,
copied verbatim from the original on file
in the Western Union Office: Sturgeon
Carter is sick with maarial fever at
Camp Detention. where he arrived to-day.
While quite ILL he is expected to recover
soon. His illness is the result Of over
work in watching the section of country
surrounding Brunswick during the past
few weeks"
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Primus Jenkins. a negro fisherman, was
instantly killed by the government train
on the Brunswick and Western road last
night, while it was making a special trip
TO Camp Detention. This morning sesa-
tiOnal stories of foul play were being cir
culated, but searching investigation by
Assistant Chief of Police Robert Levison.
and the MORNING News correspondent
failed to substantiate them. The theory
tnat Jenkins was drunk and lay on
the track to sleep is seemingly the
correct one. His body was
completely torn to pieces, and for fifty
feet around one could not walk without
stepping on flesh. The heart lay to itself,
the liver on the opposite side of the track,
with no flesh attached and one of the
kidneys was as clean as if scraped with
scalpel The remains were gathered as
best they could be and inferred. The
verdict was accidental. No blame can be
attached to the road.
NO CHANGE AT JEsUP.
Jesup, Ga, Nov. 5.-The situation re-
mains unchanged, there being no new
cases.
Although the guards are still on. the
country people are allowed to pass in and
out between the hours on 10 and u for
the purpose of trading and getting sup
plies. This has done a great deal towards
relieving the anxiety of the merchants,
who had put in large stocks of goods be-
fore the unexpected occurrence of the
epidemic. Rain has come at last, but it
was only slight. The weather is con
siderably cooler, but a much lower tenn
perature will be necessary before il will
be satisfactory TO all.