The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30
WARING DIES OF YELLOW FEVER
DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN NEW
YORK MAN.
Was Sent to Report On Best Methods
of Placing Cuban Capital In First
class Sanitary Shape.

New York, Oct. 29.-Colonel George
E. Waring, jr., died of yellow fever
! today at his home in this city, where he
had been since he arrived from Havana
on the Yucatan on Tuesday last. He
was 67 years of age. DR.. Blauvett, who
had been attending Colonel Waring
/ during his illness, was summoned TO
the house at l o'clock this morning. He
/ found that Colonel Waring had been
attacked with black vomit. This Symp-
tom continued all morning without
cessation. Everything possible was
done for the dying man, but he only
| lived until a quarter of s. President
Murphy of the board of health was in
formed of the death of Colonel Waring
within five minutes after it occurred.
DR.. Roberts, the sanitary superintend-
ent, was ordered to have the body
at once. Mr.. Murphy also gave orders
that every precaution should be taken
TO prevent the spread of the disease.
Colonel Warning had been sent to Ha
vana as a special commissioner of this
government to ascertain the exact san
itary conditions OF that city and to
form ideas for the best methods of put
ting the place in first-class sanitary
shape. He was to report to the presi-
dent, and on the day he returned he
said he expected to go to Washington
on the next day. He said he felt I'M
well, but it was not thought he had
more than an ordinary illness. He
said he had a 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 Ha-
vana and the coast towns of Cuba in
such good sanitary condition that
the recurrence of.,yelrow fever and its
entrance into the gulf cities of the
United States would be prevented.
Colonel Waring was 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 obliged to take to his bed. 1t
was then discovered that he was suf-
fering from yellow fever. Colonel War
ing was Immediately isolated on the
ninth floor of the Rutherford, the
apartment house in which he lived
There are nine families in the house.
Precautions were Immediately taken to
prevent the spread of the disease. No
one but the physicians and Mrs. War
ing, who has had the disease and is,
therefore. immune, were allowed to see
Colonel Waring. Everything that was
taken in or out of the apartment was
disinfected. Inspectors of the board of
health We're stationed at and in the
ltuSc u prevent people from getting
near the sick man.
Three hours after the death of Colo
mel Waring. his body, enclosed in a
metallic casket, 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 wait
ing. The body was placed on board
and taken to Swinhurd island. 1t was
there placed in fire and cremated. AS
soon as the body had been removed
from the house the apartments of the
Warnings were fumigated and disin-
fected
The father. mother, brother and three
sisters of Mrs. Waring died of yellow
fever in New Orleans some years ago.
Colonel Waring was a 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 Greeley's
farm at Chappaqua, N Y. In 1857 he
was appointed agricultural and drain
age engineer of Central park. this city.
He entered the army in 1862 as a major
in the Garibaldi reserves, but was
transferred to the army of the south
west, where he helped consolidate the
Fremont and Benton reserves into the
Fourth Missouri cavalry. of which he
became colonel. During the yellow
fever epidemic in 1873 in Memphis.
Colonel Waring devised the system of
in vogue there now. which
has since been adopted in many other
American and European cities. Colo
mel Waring was appointed the com
missioner of bureau of street cleaning
in this city By Mayor Strong, and made
highly creditable record for efficiency.