The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-17

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,,;'od over So, 400 from merchahts III
i'o' 'n' .r,,,,t..p pown and one DEATH.
D,ns,ick Ga, October 12.-lhe fol-
ID u.A, ,on, cases of yellow fever were re-
White-J. NJ. Hendrix : - H. = rug
N rnor cd Cora Davis, Ethel DAVIS, Katie
yo OUc'' Alice Raford Annie Hardie, Mar
~" '" Fl piukney. Arthur Benton. Ifnfy
Rluc. Evlync McRae, Addie McoI 4I 5na va
i II, Kilc. George French, LIZZIE Heflrd,
Fannie DeLoach. ..,r los,
Discharged Amelia Arms!rons:y yi toS',
haywood. Earnest MASSEY G, VAN ,,ai
Fleece, Emma Young, N va hrams T r'
Stanley Winchester, Jimmie Abrams 'l1f-
Deaths-Mrs. c. Perrin.
Fortv.two Cases and Two Deaths Fr'dv.
Brunswick. Ga, October 13.-Theffi-
cial yellow fever report as rendered t'ay
is as follows, Deaths-Matilda Gen-
wood, white; f. II. Pitman, colored-
New Cases-Whites- Perkins. il
liam c.. Wood. Charlie Winkler. Evne
Gale, Lucy Niles, Rev. II. V. SkiM,
William Winchester. Harris Lave,
Thomas DeLaxelavigue, Thomas. Dance,
Philibert Perrin. Joseph Perr1h. LIS
Coored- Betsy Neal, Roxie DIS.
Brownie Jackson, Sadie Moulding, La
Moulding, Minnie Parker. Ed Davis, ia
Davis, Jeanie Knox, VIII Knox. AID
Ashley. Virginia Mitchell, Martha Pinty
Rosa Clark, Sam Hinton. Lucretia P's,
William Nelson, Lucy Clark. ElscT
Loach Jim Del DeLoach; Sophy C oSa , Apa
Nora Mason. William Rainey, ~
Brooks, Moses GRANTS. Total, ~.
Death st. simons.
On st. Simon's island at the south {,
near the Hilton & Dodge lumber IN,
two cases of fever are under treating
and Surgeon Murray. who has just retlla
ed from there, pronounces a death th,l
last Tuesday due to yellow fever. Act,l
under Surgeon Murray's suggestion Rol
A. G.. =. Dodge has suspended all churl
services and gatherings of different KIM
on the island. Both the north and SOU
ends are now infected.
Hundreds of People Fed
| Brunswick, Ga, October 14-(SpeciaIj
| AT 6 o'clock this morning the poor al
| suffering people began to gather arou
| the commissary doors, for they had hear
! and knew it to be true, that The COnstit
| tons call had brought them bread a.
| life. Before the seven strokes told tn
the hour for the doors to open had CON
Il line of distressed women and childr
was stretched for two blocks away to ava
| their turn TO be given food.
! 1T was a different gathering from 4 we
ago. Then the empty shelves and ic
! clerks pictured as no words could t
| the forornness of their hope for reli'
| Now, with nine men buSily engaged DISH
up the rations they We're soon to get, tn
| knew that help had come, and their tea
were not in vain. Then sorrow, tears 81
despair; now faith, hope and certainty.
What a difference to these besieged sou
If every person who has sent one penn,
worth to Brunswick's distressed a
starving thousands could have witness
that scene they would have truly cxclai
ed: at is we'll" For hour after hour t
! guard stood at the door, and as last
Il place alongside the counter would
| vacated another would be called to I'LL
Isaac had charge of the entrance. and
fore the close of the day /, 800 persons h
been guided to the counter for their TIN
days rations. No one today is witht
food. end, if relief will continue to COZ
for a while longer as in the past fcw da
the furnished people will be fed and IL
! bodies prepared to resist the ravageS OF {
| yellow pest that seems now 10 nave maj
ed all for its prey Great has been I
| work Of The Constitution and its mol
| band of men, for. while the panSs OF HI
ger daily ate more deeply !nto Ia" poop
hodie1 h"1 wHr rcac q" And w eG!r'h has
opportunely come.
The Progress of the Plague.
brunswick. Ga, October 14.-Thirty-t
new cases of fever were reported at Brunsw
today. seven whites and twenty five negro
The whites are: ID. Il. Cunning. Mrs.
J. Goodman. w. j. Goodman, Mary J
! Donald, II. p. Layina, j, w. Smith, Jan
| SILVER.
Recapitu'a tion-Cases under treatment
| discharged, 161; died. 81. Total 431 Ra
Of mortality 11.5 per cent.
NOte-The mortality ratio has heretoft
been enormously given, being based on t
| total number of cases, when 1t should ha
| been on the total Of discharges ana deaf
| only, the cases under treatment not being TAX
! into consideration until either DISCHARGED
| dead. II. BURFORD, NJ. D..
| President Board of Health
L. G. BODEr, Acting Secretary
In addition to this w. J. Price, agent
| McDonough & CO., lumber dealers. Savanna
died today, and Y. z. Waff, agent for Ell
| Young Il Co., Savannah VIII die tonight
| At the commissary today another man we
! down before the yellow plague. Burr Wintt
one OF the best clerks in the building wi
| the force crippled by the illness Of Manae
Smith and Winton, the balance are la
worked.
One thousand three hundred and sixty y
/ pie were given three days raions each too
1toH the supplies rapidly coming in.
lhe rover Report for sunday.
New cases yellow fever reported tod
| 34-23 whites and IL colored.
| Dead-COiored. manuel Thomas,
Discharged Whites, II; colorcd. ).
| Recaptulation--Cae eS under tre4ltme
POO: discharged, 1S3; deaths, II. To
H.
Mortality percentage HOG.
D.. NJ: Hendricks, white, ex-policcm,
died this afternoon. -Four others H.
Levin, the two Perrin boys and tn
tather-are hourly expected to die.
NJ. j. Egan was stricken this afterno
The cool wave is favorable to a declinen
cases. but unfavorable to patients unr
treatment. Local weather prophets TT,
that the thermometer reached within the
degrees OF frost this morning. At SUMS
this morning it registered 90 degrees. VIII,
tonight at { o'clock it registers 81 degrees
Surgeon Faget predicts Il great decrea-
IN cases after six days more have passe,
but fears the death roll may pile Il
heavily on account of the number of case
now under treatment and inSuficienCy
proper food and clothing to prepare the.
for the cold.
How Long Help Will BE Needed.
Surgeon Murray, marine hospital servil;
Mayor /. w. Lamb and Hospital Stewa1
James Crags furnish, by request the f.
lowing statement of the number of peoe
needing help, the length of time their necs
sIty viii be prolonged and the properties
the supplies should be divided into:
The epidemic will last at least two. ad
in view of the general lateness of fallle