The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-29
Col. G.. E. Waring, Jr., Dies of
Yellow Fever.
Contracted While Looking After
Sanitation of Havana.
IN NEW YORK CITY.
He Returned From His Cuban
Mission on Tuesday
And Was Attacked Almost Iia-
mediately by the Disease.

New York, Oct. 29.-Col. G. E War
ing, jr., died Of yellow fever today 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.. BIauvelt, who had been attending
Col. Waring during his illness, was
summoned to the house at l o'clock this
morning. He found that Col Warlng
had been attacked with black VonIt-
This symptom continued all morning
without cessation. Everything possible
was done for the dying man, but he on
ly lived until a quarter of eight.
President Murphy of the board or
health was informed Of the death OF
Col. Waring within five minutes after 1t
occurred. DR.. Roberts, the sanitary
superintendent was ordered to have the
body placed in Theoretically sealed
cashet Immediately. Mr. Murphy also
gave orders that every precaution
should be taken to prevent the spread
of the disease. He said that extraordi-
nary 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 ex-
act sanitary conditions of that city ana
to form ideas as to the best methods or
putting the place in first class sanitary
shape. He was to report to the presi-
dent and on the day he returned he said
he expected to go to Washington the
next daV He Said he felt unWeu but
it was not thought that he had more
than an ordinary illness. He said that
he had a great deal OF information
which he thought would be Of service
to the president. The plan of the COM
mission was to place the city of Havana
and the coast towns of Cuba in such a
good sanitary condition that the recur-
renee of yellow fever and its entrance
into the gulf cities of the Uniaed States
would be prevented.
Colonel Waring was apparently well
when he left Havana and he felt only
ri OF
voyage but when he reached his home
he was obliged to take to his bed. 1t
was then discovered that he was suffer-
ing from yellow fever.
Colonel Waring was Immediately iso-
lated in his apartments on the ninth
floor of the Rutherford, the apartment
house in which he lived There are
eight families in the house.
Precautions were Immediately taken
to prevent the spread of the disease. No
one but the physicians and Mrs. Waring,
who has had the disease and Is there
fore immune were allowed to see Col.
Waring. Everything that was taken in
or out of the apartment was disin-
fected. Inspectors of the board OF health
were stationed at and in the house to
prevent people from getting near the
sick man. The doctors at first did not
think the case a malignant one. When
Col. Warnings temperature rose to 1851,
however, the physicians became alarm
ed and the case was considered in its
most serious form and Col. Waring was
treated accordingly. 1t was plain that
he was getting worse. The black Yomit,
the most serious symptom, was fought
off until one o'clock this morning. The
end came six hours later.
President Murphy of the board OF
health states that the body of Col War
ing will be placed in a hermetically
sealed casket and be taken to Swim
burne Island where it will be cremated
this afternoon. There will be funeral
service. The father, mother, brother
and three sisters of Mrs. Waring died
of yellow fever in New Orleans some
years ago.
Col. Waring was a native Of New
York state and much of his earlier life
was spent in the study and practice Of
scientific agriculture.
He was for some time In charge OF
Horace Greeley's farm at Chappaqua,
N. Y.
In 1857 he was appointed agricultural
and drainage engineer of Central Park,
this city.
He entered the army in 1852 as a ma
jor in the Garibaldi reserves, but was
transferred to the army of the south
west, where he helped consolidate the
Fremont and Benton reserves into the
Fourth Missouri cavalry of which he
became colonel.
During the yellow fever epidemic in
1873 in Memphis, Col. Waring devised
the system of sewerage in vogue there
now, which has since been adopted in
many other American and European
cities.
Col. Waring was appointed to the bu-
reau of street cleaning in this city by
Mayor Strong and made a highly credi-
table record for efficiency.