Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-05
YELLOW-FEVER'S SPREAD.
six Cases at J.sup. Tour on Jokyl Island
BrunswiCk's Report.
Ny telegraph 10 the Dlspatch)

0}y telegraph TO the Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, October 4.-Surgeon-
General Wyman. Of the Marine Hospital
Service. received the following telegram
from Surgeon Murray, at Brunswick. Ga.
this morning:
Terrell. at Atlanta, wishes to have
an order TO fumigate mail at Jesup. !
can hav, this done at the Jcsup o'ficc.
Branham Is al ST Simons. TO remain, he
f. very efficient. and. I'm my opinion. i'm
munc. Lincoln will do the medical work
at Icsup. VIII send for DR.. Wall for
practice here We have surrounded Jesup
with guards. and have fumiSated the
house where Warren died The people
are very poor-tOo poor I'm clothing To
20 TO camp in numbers. VIII soon necd
assistance. | will return tomorrow with
nurses to care for two fatally-ill women
as there are but five immuneS IN the
place. win carry the first load 10 camp
tomorrow, If special train can be pro
vided ST. Simons people cannot pass
the Blacl-riVer guard on route 10 l'alltH,
| have been very busy the past week anu
was ont all last night and to-day IN the
rim Dr Robert Burford was taken down
to-day. The loss OF his active labor VIII
cripple US for a few days. DeSaussure
saws Warpsboro' has only one case OF
sickness i'm the town, and that Is plain
case Of malarial. There is not refugee
III Ma,cruSS Crowley was Ill twenty-five
DAYS from malarial. All of his FANNY are
reagents. and were exposed put nohe
are sick. Since then FACET reports lIoil
Fancy Bluff one case of malarldl-ieNer
only but four new cases AT JekSL
surgeon MURRAY, in his report regard
ina, Jesup saws that SIX cases nave beeh
declared in four parts of the town, so
that evidently the disease has been there
three weeks. He will send some persons
In camp tomorrow. He also reports thal
ne visited Gardi and thinks there are
cases there, but had no time TO prove
them. ,,.,,, .,,,.
gestion by requesting the Superintendent
~ the Railway Mali Service to have all
,,ou leaving Jesup disinfected. surgeon
carter LEFT here thls morning for way,
cross. Ga, with orders to inspect All
ncighboring towns
SIXTEEN NEW CASES.
BRUNSWICK, GA, october 4-ihcte
yere officially reported to-day one death'
NAT OF Tim. Hennepin, and sixteen ne"
cases as follows: ,
N.hites-Thomas LarentZon, Dr. Kooert
T,urford. Louis Walters, Mrs. II. oiseh' >,
y payis. Irene Wood, Alfred WOOD anu
Dean \. Briggs. .,,, ,r-,...,,irs
COlOrP0-JOnn BtIlN' w Nh'i'
Dic,, Allen. WIN Johnson. Venus w Nheeitr'
lane Jones. Willie Andrews. and Jui'a
Jones. ,,.rr,a "a
pischarged-Tom LarentZon, carrie Id
,crtzon Mrs. Laren:Bon. Mrs. IL olsen
: ~ Davis 4 B. Richardson, John Bat
Low. Lizzie Robinson. and Sarah Blahu'
Reorganization:
Cases under treatment.......'.''''' ''.''''''e,
Discharged ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Died NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ''''''''''''''''''
Total Observation-Disclosures '''A''
There is now only about one week
stipplv of provisions on hand, ana the ue-
mand for relief is Increasing me IT,
cord books at the commissary snow tha'
Ga 522 days rations have been issued NJ
the thirty-six days. omitting Sundays'
that the depot has been opened Inns
means n total OF 1sl SO meals that nave
been supplied needy women ana childreh'
and does not include the fever medlcliie
and free nursing given the sick, to be
uaid for by the Relief committee ohiy
the extremely destitute women ana chH-
dren are fed free, the supplies not being
nearly equal to the demand made Dy
those really deserving.
THE country has been generous 10
brunswick. She still needs help as this
unvarnished statement shows. The condi-
tion confronts the people and the OUTSIDE
9 orld is looked 10 for aid, and 1t Is De-
ll.ved that aid will continue TO come