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Show , YELLOW JACK. I The Progress oftbe Pestilence Washington, 16. The circular of instructions for the marine hospitals, prepared by Dr. Wood worth, relates the rapid spread of yellow fever and declares the land quarantine in-eflective, in-eflective, and maintains that the disease is Bpread by clothes and effects coming from infected districts rather than by the patients themaelves. It, moreover, asserts that yellow fever patients never communicate the disease dis-ease excepting through their clothing and (flecta. Nc:w York, 10 Patrick WiUjam I Riley, horse shoer, arrived this morning, very sick, from New Or lfutiw. which nlace he left on Mon day. Yellow lever bring appro hundrd, the health authorities are, r.hn.'ly watching the case. j New Orleans, 16. The deaths to-! day include twelve children, tn ol j tht.m under 5 years old. Dr. Chapiu ; president of the board ot health, ex prefoed the opinion that tnoje who had previously had yellow fever were in no danger of taking it again even J though they had Bpent a summer or two away. Port Eads, 10. Six new cases and ono death Bince yesterday's report. Vicb6burg, 16. The health officers report three new cases of yellow fever in the past twenty-four hours. Louisville, 16. Many persons from the yellow fever cities are arriving here. One thousand dollars was sub scribed lor the Grenada sufferers today. to-day. The Gait house house announces nominal rates to those who are compelled com-pelled to leave their homes, aud if the uumber coming here continues so iarge all the hotels will do the same. Delaware Breakwater, 16 The schooner Ida Lawrence, Captain Alpbusus Barrett, from Sagua La Grande, Cuba, (or New York, put in here to-day with the entire crew, nine in number, either dead or down with the yellow fever. The only passenger, Isaac H. Warrington of Camden, N. J., a son of oneof the owners, died at sea. His body is preserved in liquor. Yesterday two of the crew died and were buried at sea. To day Captain Barrett died. Cincinnati, 16. The health officer will issue a proclamation to-morrow declaring a rigid quarantine agaicBt all boats from Louisville and forbidding forbid-ding the railroads from bringing passengers pas-sengers or certain specified articles of freight from the injected cities of the south into this city. Washington, 16. The yellow fever ecare in the treasury department has not yet passed away, and the ladies in the redemption bureau (eel very anxious. Precaution is taken to have packages of money from the fever districts thoroughly disinfected. Memphis, 16. Sixteen new cases of fever and five deaths from 9 o'clock last night till U to-night. Weather clear. Little Rock, 16. Passenger and j freight trains are running through from St. Louis to Texas on the St. J. M. and S. R. II. Health officers are stationed at Popular Bluffs and Bismark, Mo., to examine all passengers and freight. The officers of the road are working in harmony with .he board of healtn. All trains between this city and Memphis are stopped. POOR ORES AD A. Grenada, Miss., 16. Scenes in thU pingue siricken town for the past tweii'y four hours beggars description. The strongest men, women and helpless help-less chiidran are sick, dying or dead. The official death iiet fur the last twenty-four hours, seventeen. The population has decreased to little over 200 whites. But few new cases; no material to work on. Ttie deaths are old cases. |