The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-31
YELLOW JACK
Colonel George +. Waring, the
Noted New York Sani-
tary Expert,
Died at His Home in That
City--Contracted the Fever
at Havana,
Whittier He Had Been Sent
by the President to In
vestigate
And Report What Could Be Done
for That City's Sanitary
Welfare.

Waring, Jr.. died Of yellow fever at his
home in this city, where he had been
since he arrived from Havana on the
Yucatan on Tuesday last. He was 81
years of age.
DR.. Blauvelt. who had been attending
Colonel Waring during his illness was
summoned to the house at a. III. He
found that Colonel Waring had been
attacked with the black vomit. This
symptom continued all morning with
out cessation. Everything possible was
done for the dying man but he only
lived until 7:45.
President Murphy of the board OF
health was informed of the death OF
Colonel Waring within five minutes
after it occurred. Dr. Roberts, the SAN
itary superintendent. was ordered to
have the body placed in hernetically
sealed casket immediately. Mr.. Murphy
also gave orders that every precautlon
should be taken to prevent the spread
of the disease. He said that extraordl-
nary precautions would be taken to this
end.
Had Valuable lnfOrmatlon
Colonel Waring had been sent to the
city of Havana as special comlnls-
sioner Of this government to ascertain
the eyacr sanitary conditions Of that
city and TO form ideas for the best meth
DDS for getting the place in first class
sanitary shape. He was to report to the
| president, and on the day he returned
l he saitA he expected to 60 to Washington
! the next day. He said he felt unwell,
1 but it was not thought that he had more
I than an ordinary illness. He said that
he had a great deal of information which
4 he thought would be of service to the
president. The plan of the committee
4 was to place the city of Havana and the
coast towns of Cuba in such a good san
4 itarv condition that the recurrence OF
i yellow fever and its entrance into the
j gulf cities of the United States would be
: prevented.
o Colonel Waring was apparently wei
$ when he left Havana. and he felt onl.
o slightly i'll during the latter part OF thu
n VOYAGE, but when he reached his home
n he was obliged to take to his bed. l
s was then discovered that he was suffer
J. ing from from yellow fever. Colone
Waring was Immediately isolated in hi
apartments OH the ninth floor of tn
Rutherford. the apartment house il
which he lived. There are nine famllie
in the house.
Precautions We're Immediately take
l. to prevent the spread of the disease
|! No one but the physicians and Mrs
90 Waring. who had had the disease and
NJ therefore immune. We're allowed TO St
p Colonel Waring. Everything that wa
Is taken in or out of apartment III wlllc
al he was lying. was disinfected. lnspee
T. TORS of the board of health We're sta
H. toned at and in the house t. preven
to neople from getting near to the sick man
ls President Murphy of the board OF heait
TO states that the body OF Colonel Warm
Is will be placed in Theoretically scale
IT. cas1et and be taken to Swinburne island
Ill where it will be cremated. There wi
he no funeral services. The father
mother. brother and three sisters of Mrs
Warning died of yellow fever i'll Ne'
or Orleans some years ago.
v. Colonel Warnings Career.
II Colonel Warlng was native OF Ne'
er York state. and much of his earlier Iii
at was spent in the study and practice {
is scientific agriculture. He was for SON
en- time in charge of Horace Greely's far'
is at Chappaqua, New York. In 1857
was appointed agricultural and drail
II age engineer Of Central park. this cit.
He entered the army in 1862 as maJ'
in the Garibaldi reserves. but was tran
ferred to the army of the southwes
where he helped consolidate the Fremol
and the Benton reserves into II
Fourth Missouri cavalry. of which
became colonel. During the yello
fever epidemic of 1878 in Melnphi
Colonel Waring devised the system
sewerage in vogue there now. which n
since been adopted in many other Anne
lean and European cities
Colonel Waring was appointed COZ
missioner of the bureau of street clea
ing in this city by Mayor Strong. al
made highly creditable record