Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-11-03
COL. GEORGE WARING.

bed. It was then discovered that hs
was suffering from yellow fever.
Col. Warning 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. Waring,
who had had the disease, and is there
fore immune, were allowed to see Col.
Warning. Everything that was taken in
or out of the apartment in which hewas
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 a malignant one. When Col.
Warnings temperature rose to 1854,
however, the physicians became
| alarmed and the case was considered
in its most serious forn,, 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 DR.. Doty in charge, was in wait
n Tho hn1u
and taken to Swinburne Island. TWAS
there placed in a retort and DR.. Dotv
himself lit the fire which cremated tile
remains.
The father, mother, brother and
three sisters of Mrs. Warning died of yell
low fever in New Orleans some years
ago.
Col. Waring had been sent to the
city OF Havana as 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 go to Washington on tho
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 informat ton
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 re-
currence Of yellow fever and its en-
trance into the gulf cities Of the United
States would be prevented.
Col Waring was 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 Greeiey,s farm at Chap.
paqua, N. Y. s54
e In 1851 the was Appointed agricultural
and drainage 4sengineeraof Central park.
New York city.
He entered the army In 1862 as ma tor
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, # which lie became colonel.
During the yellow fever epidemic OF
1873 in Memphis Col. Waring devised the
system of sewerage N vogue there now,
which has since been adopted in many
other American and European cities.
ss Col Waring was appointed commission
er Of the bureau Of street cleaning in New
York city by Mayor Strong and made a
highly creditable record for efficiency.