Evening star., 1898-10-29
he Contracted Yellow Fever on Off,
cial Visit to Cuba.
REMAINS WILL BE CREMATED
New York Authorities Try to Pre-
vent Spread of Disease.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED

NEW YORK, October 29.-Col George E.
Waring, jr, died of yellow fever today at
bis home in this city, where he had been
since he arrive from Havana on the 1uca
tan on Tuesday last. He was sixty-seven
years of aga.
DIR. Blauvclt, who had been attending Col.
Waring during his illness, was summoned
to the house at l o'clock this morning. He
found that Col. Waring had been attacked
with the black vomit. This symptom con-
tinred ali II orning without cessation.
Everything possible was done for the dying
man, but he cEly lived until a quarter of S.
President Murphy Of the board of health
vas informed of the death of Col. Warng
within five minutes after it occurred. DIR.
Roberts, tn sanitary superintendent, was
ordered to have the body placed in her
Tetically sealed casket Immediately. Mr..
Murphy also gave orders that every pre-
caution should be taken to prevent the
spread OF the disease. He said that extra
ordinary precautions would be taken to this
end.
Col. Waring had been sent to the CITY Of
havana as a special commissioner of this
government to ascertain the exact sanitary
cGhditlons OF that city and to form ideas for
1ne pest methods for putting the place in
hrst-class sanitary shape. He was to re-
port 10 the President, and on the day he
returned he said that he expected to go to
asblnston the Lext day. He said he fe,t
uiM tI ell bnt 1T vas not thought he had more
than an ordinary illness. He said that he
had great deal of informa ton which he
thcugAt WoUld be of service TO the Pres
iCeht. I1e plan of the commission was to
pace the city of Havana and the coast
towns of Cuba in such a good sanitary con
ditlon that the recurrence of yellow feynr
ana ITS entrance into the gulf cities of the
United States would be prevented.
Well When He Left Huyap,
'oi- Naring was apparently we'll when
ne ielt havana, and he felt only slightly i'll
ourlng the latter part of the VOYAGE bur
"hen he reached his home he was Obliged
to take to his bed. 1t was then discovered
that he was suffering from yellow fever.
Col. Narlng was Immediately isolated in
MS apartments on the ninth floor Of the
.uthe'lord, the apartment house in which
he lived. There are nine families in tbo
mouse Precautions We're immediately taken
10 prevent the spread of the disease No
one put the physicians and Mrs. Waring
VINO hdd hdd the disease and is therefore
immune. We're allowed to see Col Warina
everything that was taken in or out of IN.
apartment III which he was living was dis
INJECTED. inspectors of the board of health
were stationed at and in the house TO nre-
man. Wv IN
ne doctors at first did not think that the
case was a malignant one. When Col
w al tiitS : tfIi: pSi:itGfG rose to 1nJi,. how
ever, the physicians became alarmed and
me case WAS considered in its most serious
iofIh ana Gel Ndrins was treated accord
ihsly- 1t was plain that he was getting
worse. ne black vnmit the most serious
symptom, was fought off until o'clock
thls morning. The end came six hours
later.
Three hours after the death of Col. War
ing his body, inclosed in a metallic casket.
was taken from the apartment he had nc
cuDieu 10 the dock the Of 1-,t
street where the quarantine boat Governor
fio"er, with doctor in charge was in wait
ing. Ihe body was placed on board and
taken to SWinbOrne Island. 1t was there
placed in retort, and Dr. Doty himself
lit the fire which cremated the remains
AS soon as the body had been removed
rom rom the mousse the apartments of the War
lngs were fumigated and disnfected
The father, mother. brother and three sis
ters Of Mrs. Waring died of yellow fever
in New Orleans some years ago
sketch of the Deceased
Colonel Waring, who was native of New
YORK state, was Il sanitary engineer by pro-
1esslon Much of his earlier life was spent
In the study and practice of scientific agrf-
culture. He was for some time in charge
of Horace Grecleys farm at ChaDpanua
N Y
In 1851 he was appointed agricultural and
drainage engineer of Central Park, this
city. ~ '''A
He entered the army in 1862 as a major
in the Gartbaldi Reserves, but was trans
ferred to the Army of the Southwest where
ne Helped consolidate the Fremont and the
Benton Reserves into the 4th Missouri
cavalry, of which he became colonel
Colonel Narins was appointed as an ey-
pert special agent OF the tenth census with
charges OF the social statistics of ciiies
in 1872. and a member Of the national
board of health in 1SS2
During the yellow fever epidemic of 1878
IN Memphis. Colonel WaFing devise. tho
system OF sewerage in vogue there now
which has since been adopted in many
other American and European cities. I'm >
general way; TINS consists in separating
surface and house drainage
Colonel Waring was appointed commits
sioner of the bureau of street cleaning i'm
this city. when Mayor Strong took Office
nearly four years ago, and in that position
made Il highly creditabie record for eff
cheney.