The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-28
A YELLOW FEVER SCRAP BOOK.
DR.. Cofer is Preparing One for the
Governments Use.

[ DR.. Cofer 10 Preparing One Tor the
Governments Use.
DR.. L. T. Cofer, United States marine
hospital surgeon at savannah, is pre-
pairing scrap book Of the yellow fever
epidemic at Brunswick consisting Of
newspaper clippings giving account OF
the daily progress Of the disease.
In doing this DR.. Cofer is
making liberal use of the files
Of the MORNING NEWS, which has
| had full and complete reports from
Brunswick for every day since the in
ception of the epidemic. The MORNING
News has probably had the most com
plete accounts Of the fever in Brunswick
Of any paper in this section or anywhere
else for that matter.
DR.. Cofer's object in compiling this
scrap book is TO offer it TO the head of
the sanitary department at Washington
after the epidemic as an aid IN writing It's
history. 1t is the custom OF
the government sanitary auth
rites to write history of every
epidemic at its close, which
is furnished not only to the members OF
the marine hospital service, but TO all
sanitary officers and TO all prominent
physicians as well throughout the coun-
try, apd also to the sanitary authorities
Of foreign countries.
Such histories are always widely dis
tributed, and are read with interest by
medical men everywhere, especially by
scientific men engaged in studying the
causes and characteristics Of such dis
eases.
DR.. Cofer's scrap book will prove a
very valuable factor in preparing this
history.
The government supplies at Fort
Pulaski, placed there for the accommoda-
tion of delayed ship passengers in case of
quarantine. will probably be sent to the
detention camp at Waynesville this week.
DR.. Cofer has received orders to
arrange for the immediate transportation
OF these supplies any time
The supplies at Fort Pulaski are esti-
mated to be sufficient for 800 persons.
FEVER RUMoR DENIED.
Mayor McDonough is on the lookout for
newspapers that spread false reports
about Savannah's health The following
article, which appeared in the first mum
Der of the Richmond (Va.) Journal of
Commerce, a new trade weekly, excited
the mayors ire yesterday.
At Savannah. Ca, all business is suspended
on accout of the existence OF yellow fever.
Inc epidemic will spread till all food is eX-
hausted, but the mortality viii not be great.
The conditions are favorable to a suppression
OF the disease. and the local physicians say 1t
will be stamped out as soon as the force Of
nurses can be properly organized.
Mayor McDonough at once wired the
mayor of Richmond denouncing the state
ment as false and requested an Official de-
NAL
He also sent the following telegram to
the editor of the journal of Commerce:
Your publication that yellow fever pre-
vailed in Savannah is false. and / demand
retraetion Immediately through the AssOci-
ated Press and the name OF the author Of the
article.
Mayor McDonough and Dr. Drummer
were very indignant at this unfOunded re-
port and their Indignation was certainly
warranted.
The probability is that the editor of
the journal of Commerce simply made
bad "size up and that the statement was
not made maliciousIy. Brunswick and
Savannah were probably mixed up in the
editors mind
The paper in which the statement
was made appeared some time last
week and does not seem to have attracted
any attention, as nothing was heard of il
until copy of the paper was received in
Savannah. Such reports are dangerous
to the commercial interests of the COM
tnunity. however, and Major McDon-
ough's demand for retraction should be
promptly complied with.
Mayor McDonough received the follow
ing prompt reply from Editor Dull of the
Journal of Commerce last night:
Richmond, Va, Sept. 27.-John J. McDon-
ough, Mayor: savannah inserted instead OF
Brunswick through error Full explanation
next issue. Papers here contradict state
ment tomorrow. Sincerest apology.
HERBERT C. DULL,
MORE MONEY FOR BRUNSWICK.
Mr.. Rebarer, clerk of council, for
warded by express yesterday to Mayor
Lamb of Brunswick 1921. IS, the amount of
cash subscriptions received at the city
exchange since the last remittance. The
previous remittance to Brunswick by Mr.
Rebarer was Sl23, making total of S444. S5
in cash received at the city exchange
and forwarded to Brunswick. This is in
addition to the amounts collected and
forwarded by Capt. PriGchard and Mr..
Rockwell.
The following subscriptions were left
at the exchange yesterday.
Clement Saussy Observation-Disclosures. $500
Leopolu Aulef. .......,..'....,.. 2OOO
EFFECT OF THE QUARANTINE.
"It is a fact" said Judge Hampton
Ferrill yesterday" that the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad will not sell tickets from
northern points to Savannah They run
to the south in connection with the Coast
Line and tickets by that route can be OBJ
tanned only as far as Charleston. When
l came down from New York last Saturday
night | tried to get ticket through to Sa-
vannah but was told that the agents had
been instructed to sell tickets no further
south than Charleston. AS l had to re-
turn al once got ticket that way, and
bought ticket to Savannah on my arri-
val at Charleston. We came right into
the city Monday morning and there was
no inspector at Southover to demand
health certificates from us, or at least he
did not come into the sleeping car"