The Worthington advance., 1898-11-03

bed. It was then discovered that he
was suffering from yellow fever.
Col. Waring was Immediately isolated
in his apartments in the ninth floor of
the Rutherford. the apartment house
in which he lived. There are nine fam
lilies in the house.
Precautions were. Immediately taken
to prevent the spread of the disease. No
one but the physicians and Mrs. Warirg,
who had had the disease, and is there
fore immune, were allowed to see Col.
Waring. Everything that was taken in
or out of the apartment in which he was
lying was disinfected. Inspectors of the
board of health were stationed at and
in the house to prevent people from get
ting near to the sick man.
The doctors at first did not think the
case was malignant one. When Col.
Warnings temperature rose to 1861
however, the physicians became
alarmed and the case was considered
in its most serious form, and Col. War
ing was treated accordingly. 1t was
plain that he was getting worse. The
black vomit, the most serious symptom.
was fought off until one o'clock this
morning. The end came six hours later.
Three hours after the death of Col.
Waring his body, inclosed in a metal
lie casket, was taken from the apart
'ment he had occupied to the dock at
the foot of Fifteenth street, where the
quarantine boat. Governor Flower,
with DIR. Dcty in charge, was in wait
ing. The body was placed on board
and taken to Swinburne Island. 1t was
there placed in retort and DR.. Dotv
himself lit the fire which cremated tie
| remains.
The father, mother, brother and
three sisters of Mrs. Waring died of VEL
low fever in New Orleans some years
ago.
Col. Waring had been sent to the
city OF Havana as a special commits
sioner OF this government to ascertain
the exact methods for putting the
place in first-class sanitary shape. He
was to report to the president, and on
the day he returned he said he ex.
pected to 60 to Washington on the
next day. He said he felt unwell. but
it was not thought that he had 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 COM
mission was to place the city of Hava ma
and the coast towns of Cuba in such
good sanitary condition that the re-
eurrence of yellow fever and it's en-.
trance into the gulf cities of the Unite ID
States would be prevented.
Col waring was a native Of New YORK
state. and much of his early life was spent
| IN the study and practic OF scientific
agriculture. He was for some time in
charge Of Horace Gree4ey's farm at Chap.
paqua, N. Y.
In 1857 he was appoiIied agricultural
and drainage engineer Of Central park,
| New York city. = - =
| He entered the army in 1862 rs ma ,or
in the Garabaldi reserves. but was trans
ferred to the army Of the southwest, where
he helped consolidate the Fremont and
the Benton reserves nto the Fourth Mis-
souri, cavalry, II which he became colonel.
During the yellow fever epidemic Of
1878 in Memphis Col Waring devised the
system Of sewerage lu vogue there now.
which has since been adopted in many
other American AMI European cities.
Col. Waring was appointed commission
er of the bureau Of strset cleaning In New
York city by Mayor Strong and made a
hfRhly credita bile record for ef7cfancv