The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-30
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER
COL. GEORGE f. WARING, JR.. A VIC
TIM OF THE CUBAN PLAGUE.
Attacked with Black Vomit in His
Apartments at New York, and Sue
cumbed i'm a Few Hours.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29-Col. George e.
Naring. jr., died of yellow fever to-day at
his home in this city, where he had been
since he arrived from Havana on the Yucca
tan on Tuesday last. He was sixty seven
years of age. DR.. Blauveit, who had been
attending Colonel Waring during his illness.
was summoned to the house at i o'clock
this morning. He found that Colonel War
ing had been attacked with black vonit
This symptom continued all morning with
out cessation. Everything possible was
done for the dying man, but he only. lived
until las.
President Murphy, of the Board Of Health.
was informed of the death of Colonel War
ing within five minutes after it occurred
DR.. Roberts, the sanitary superintendent,
was ordered to have the body placed in
Dramatically sealed casket immediately.
Mr.. Murphy also gave orders that every
precaution should be taken to prevent the
spread of the disease. He said that extraor-
binary precautions would be taken to this
end.
Colonel Waring had been sent to the city
or Havana-as special commissioner of this
government to ascertain the exact sanitary
conditions of that city and to form ideas
for the best methods for putting the place
In f1rst-class sanitary shape. He was to
report to the President, and on the day he
returned he said that he expected to go to
Washington the next day. He said lie felt
unwell, but it was not thought he had more
than ordinary illness He said that he had
great deal of information which be thought
would be of service to the President. The
plan of the commission was 70 pace the
city of Havana and the coast towns of Cuba
I'm S11cI n,
recurrence of yellow fever and its entrance
into. the guif cities of the United States
would be prevented.
Colonel Waring apparently well 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 npi ged to
was suffering from yellow fever. Colonel
Warning Immediately isolated in an
apartment on the ninth floor of the Ruther-
ford the apartment house in which he
lived There are nine families in the house
precautions were 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
In which he was lying was disinfected In
spectors of the Board of Health were sta
toned at and in the house to prevent people
from getting near 70 the sick man. The
doctors at first did not think that the case
was a malignant one. When Colonel War
ing's temperature rose to 1854 the physicians
cred in it's most serious form, and Colonel
Warning was treated accordingly. 1t was
plain that he getting worse. The black
vOmit, the most serious symptom, was
fought off until l o'clock this morning. The
end came six hours later. The father
mother brother and three sisters of Mrs
Waring died of yellow fever in New Orleans
some years ago.
Three hours after the death of Colonel
Waring his body. inclosed in metallic cas-
ket, was taken from the apartment 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
waiting. The body was placed on board
and taken to Swineburn island. It was
there placed in a retort and DR.. Doty him
self 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.
Colonel Warning was a native of New York
State and much OF his earlier life was spent
IN the study and practice of scientific agri-
culture. He was FOR some time in charge of
Horace Greelys farm at Cha ppaqua, n. Y.
In 1851 he was appointed agricultural and
drainage engineer of Central Park, this
city. He entered the army in 1862 as a
transferred to the Army of the Southwest
where he helped consolidate the Fremont
and Benton Reserves into the Fourth Mis-
souri, Cavalry. of which he became colonel
During the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in
Memphis. Colonel Warning devised the sys-
tenn Of sewerage in vogue there now, which
has since been adopted by many other
American and European cities. Colonel
Waring was appointed commissioners of the
bureau of street cleaning In this city by
Mayor Strong. and made a highly creditable
record for efficiency.