The Portland daily press., 1898-10-31
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.
Col. George E. Warning Gave His Life to
Science,

| New York. October 29.-Col. George E.
Warning Jr. died at 7.45 o'clock this
morning of yellow fever. his death &C.
curred at his home No. 175 Second ave.
nue. where he mad been since he arrived
from, Havana OIL the Yucatan on Tuesday
| last.
Three hours after the death of Col
Warning his remains, inclosed in me-
tallic casket. were conveyed in a health
where he had lived to the dock at the
foot of 18th street, where the quarantine
boat Gov. Flower, with DR.. Doty In
charge, was in waiting. The body was
placed on board and taken to Swinburne
island. 1t WAS there placed in retort
and DIR. Doty himself lit the fire which
cremated the remains.
AS soon as the body had been removed
from the house the apartments of the
| Warnings were fumigated and disinfected.
| Col. Warning had been in Havana as
special commissioner to study means OF
| improving the sanitary condition OF the
city in order to lessen the danger or yell
low fever. He had much valuable infor-
nation which he had intended to lay be-
fore the President in Washington. His
disense did not develope until after he
left the steamer. He was at once quaran-
tined in his rooms in an apartment house
and everything possible done for him,
but the fatal black vomit appeared and
in few hours he was dead.
Col. Waring was born in Poundrldge,
N. Y, 66 years ago. He had thorough
training as an engineer and he took a
special course in agricultural chemistry
under the late Prof. Mapes In 1857 he
was appointed agricultural and drainage
engineer of Central Park, and Its present
drainage system was designed BY MIN.
He went to the front in the Civil war
was transferred to the department. OF the
Southwest and served as colonel OF the
| Fourth Missouri cavalry.
The yellow fever epidemic in Memphis
in 1878 gave Col. Waring a longed for
chance. He devised complete system
proved SO successful that many other
cities adopted its principal features,
Mayor Strong appointed Col. WaT1ng
street cleaning commissioner on January
l. 1895, and he remained in of11ce until
| Tammany came into power again on Jan.
the methods in vogue in the department
for years, and cleaned the streets.
SECRETARY ALGER'S ME SsAGE.
Washington, October 90 -Upon receipt
of the notice OF the death of Col. Warning
today, Secretary AlRer sent the following
telegram of coincidence to the widow:
| "The unexpected announcement OF your
noble husbands death has filled all our
hearts with sorrow Please accept my
most sincere sympathy in your great
| bereavement
| IrTINTEDkT. WIFI, RE SIMPLE
New York, October sO-The ashes Of
Col. George E. Waring, Jr., remained
today at Swinburne Island. What DISPOSE
ton will be made of them he's not yet
been decided upon by Mrs Warning. On
account of the expressed wish of Col.
Waring there will be no public funeral
Col. Waring often said that he wished his
obsequies to be of the simplest character.
President Murphy of the health board
said today that the ashes of Col. Warning
will remain at Swinburne Island await
ing instructions from Mrs. Warning. The
ashes were placed In an urn temporarily.
Mrs. Warning spent today at the house
of Dr. Daniel NJ. Simson, with her son
Major John P. Yates.
The quarantine was lifted in the house
in which Col. Waring died, at noon to-
day.
| WARNINGS WORK COMPLETE.
New York, October 30.-Dr. Stimson
said tonight that Col. Warnings report on
his Investigations in Havana and his sug-
gestions as to sanitary improvements In
that city for President Mckinley was
practically completed before his death.
Col. Waring had three copies of his report
made. They will be forwarded to Wash
ington at an early date, but will first be
thoroughly disinfected.