The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-11-03
YELLOW JACK
Colonel George E. Waring, the
) j Noted New York SAM
Hi tary Expert, !
Died at His Home in That
City-Contracted the Fever +
at Havana, :.
,sI41, u &.
Whittier He Had Been Sent
by the President to In T.
+ f@I'@E- fI sE1tl tUsli.'E
vestigate
And Report What Could Be Done
for That City's Sanitary .
Welfare. !

| NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-COlonel G. E.
Warning, 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. n. 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. .-,. =, i
President Murphy of the board of
health was informed of the death of
Colonel Warning within five minutes
after it occurred. DR.. Roberts, the SAN
itary superintendent, was ordered to
have the body placed in Theoretically
sealed casket Immediately. MI. 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. ...:-. 49,. :.
Had Valuable Information.
Colonel Warning had been sent to the
| city of Havana as a special commits
sioner of this government to ascertain
the exact sanitary conditions of that
city and to form ideas for the best meth
DDS for getting the place in frs class
sanitary shape. He was to reilo.0 70 the
president, and on the day he returned
he said he expected to SO to Washington
the next day. He said he felt uETell,
| but it was not thought that he ha(. more
than an ordinary illness. He said that
| he had great deal Of information which
he thought would be of service to the
president. The plan Of the committee
was to place the city of Havana and the
| coast towns Of Cuba in such good san
itary condition that the recurrence of
! yellow fever and its entrance into the
gulf cities Of the United States would be
prevented. -.- ....
Colonel Waring was apparently we'll
when he left Havana, and he felt only
slightly i'll during the latter part of the
| 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 from yellow fever. Colonel
Warning was immediately isolated in his
apartments on the ninth floor of the
Rutherford, the apartment house in
which he lived. There are nine families
in the house. ....s.- ~ ..,...
Precautions were Immediately taken
to prevent the spread Of the disease.
No one but the physicians and Mrs.
Warning, who had had the disease and is
therefore immune, We're allowed to see
Colonel Waring. Everything that was
taken in or out of apartment in which
he was lying, was disinfected. Inspec-
tors of the board of health were sta
toned at and in the house to prevent
people from getting near to the sick man.
President Murphy of the board of health
states that the body of Colonel Warning
will be placed in a Theoretically sealed
casket and be taken to Swinburne island,
where it will be cremated. There will
be no funeral services. The father,
mother, brother and three sisters of Mrs.
Waring died Of yellow fever in New
Orleans some years ago. as =. .fa s...,
I tCE11 s Colonel Warnings Career. III
F. Colonel Warning was 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 -Greely's farm
at Chappaqua, New 'Yor6. In 1857 he,
was appointed agricultural and drain
age engineer of. Central park, this city.
He entered the army in 1862 as major
in the Garibaldi reserves, but was trans.
ferred to the army of the southwest,
where he helped consolid atethe Fremont
and the Benton reserves Jsinto the
Fourth Missouri cavalry, of which he
became colonel. 10 During the yellow
fever epidemic ;of 1878 i'm Memphis,
| Colonel Warning devised the system of
sewerage in vogue there nov, which has
since been adopted in many other Amer
lean and European cities. faT < T7-s
Colonel Waring was appointed COM
missioner of the bureau of street clean
ing in this city by Mayor Strong, and
made highly creditable record for
etnc1ency. 80 l3tt fks.%r 3ft9 IN fsNs..sT5