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Show THK PESTILENCE. Its (Savage Continue t ua-buieu. ua-buieu. Generous Contributions Still JJelug ItulheU. Yl These Are Not Equal to llie iece(i(k-a. Baton Rouge, 2. Eleven deaths from yellow fever haveoccurred here; -1 in the last twenty-four hours. Many are do.vn sick and all business is u topped. Our linancUl resources are imuilicient to relieve the distress and w i are compelled to ask the country to aid us Our people are meeting the situation with great firmnee. New Orleane, 2 fhe deaths yes-lay yes-lay include 20 children under 7 years. l" The followiog waa sent to the .secretary of war: New On lea S3, 2. Hon, Secretary of War; We would most respectfully urge the isming of rations through the Peahody relief association. Tbe dictre. is terrible. Immediate relief is nectary. The contributions thin far are inadequate. Geo. L. Smith, Collector of Customs. - New Orleans, 2. Hon. Geo. W. McCrary Secretary nj Washington, D. O.: Wo respectfully request that you will authorize the subsistence depart nient of the army here to issue ratiuus sufficient to rolieve the present distress, (digued) J. Madison Wells, Theo. Andekson. Toe Howards report a large in j crease of fever cases among the negroes. Tho weekly mortuary report re-port ending Sunday at 6 p.m., Bbows 590; 411 of yellow fever, 30 of which 1 were whites. Weather cloudy and threatening. From noon to G p.m. 20 deaths were reported to the board of health. The total number of deaths lrom fever to date ia 1,091, including 61 children .11 years of age. The new cases include in-clude Willis K. Wolf and Robert Parsons of the telegraph office, and J. M. Wal pole, formerly of the ; Picayune. The very Rev. Joseph I Millet, vicar general of the arch diocese of New OrleanB, died of yellow , fever at 5 o'clock this evening aftor six days' illness. Dr. Stone 1 this alternoon telegraphed the Howards from Grenada, sayiDg i "Butler P. Anderson is dying." Dr. Stone appealed to the Howards to 1 send a telegraph operator. These i wishes being made known to J. W. 'Hunsaker, he at onco consented to go, and left on the evening train on a few minutes' notice, greatly obliging the Howards. Memphis, 2. The board of health records show 84 new cases and 53 deaths for the twenty-four hours ending end-ing at 6 p.m. A;f. Watson, the negro shot by the guard at the commissary department and reported killed, is not dead, but bacly wounded. Fears of trouble are allnyed to-night, Some negro agitators agi-tators have been talking to the colored people and attempting to create trouble, but by tho prompt action of Major Wm. Willis and other members ol the citizens' relief committee, they were arrested th a alternoon and put in the station house, and no fears of further trouble are felt. Great difficulty diffi-culty is being experienced in getting carpenters to make coffins for the pauper dead and dig graves, but so far all the dead have been buried promptly, except in cases where persons have died unattended in sickness and the corpses only discovered dis-covered through the efforts of the health officers and assistants, as has been tbe case in Beveral inutancea. N. D. Menkiu died this evening. Detroit, 2. Kalamazoo, Michigan, has raised $700 during the last three dayB for the yellow fever sufferers, $100 of which has been asnt to Memphis. Mem-phis. Milwaukee, 2, Up to to night $1,- 000 has been contributed by the Masonic lodges for the benefit of the yellow fever suflerers. Grand Secre tary Woodhull says remittances from the country lodges are just beginning to reach him and are very liberal in amount. Cincinnati, 2, Total collections in this city for lever sufferers to date are estimated at $15,000. Money is still being collected in considerable Bums through subscriptions and by meane of entertainments for the same purpose pur-pose Lcuiavillo, 2. In response to a call upon him, l)r. L. P. Blackburn will go to Hickman, Ky., as soon as p;B-sible. p;B-sible. At present there are nine caeeH 01 importvd yellow lever here. One death. Washington, 2. Representative Ellis, of Louisiana, is here aud has applied to the secretary of war for relief lor the suflering poor of New OrleanB. There is no law permitting tbe issue of rations in tuch Crtses, but upon the representations of Ellis, Secretary McCrary will assume the responsibility, relying upon couyress to approve his action. New York, 2. This city has raised $100,000 for tho relief of the yellow fever sutler era, and Robert Bonner of the Ledger starts another $100,000 with another check for $1,0U0. Theatre benefits and church coileu tions are now beginning. At the benefit at the Fifth Avenue theatre, Thureday afternoon, Mary Anderson, John McCullougb, Edwin Booth aud Jos. Jtflerson will appear. McCullough and Jtflerson delay their departure lor Chicago that they may play. The grand officers and Masonic masters ol city lodges held a communication to night and collected $1,000 Lodges throughout the state are appealed to for aid. Other organizations are also raising funds. Savannah, 2. Contributions so far are $o,o00 and to-day Dr. Chever and two nurses were sent to Memphis. Indianapolis, 2. The yellow fover relief from this oity amounts to over $4,500. This does not include the amount contributed by societies. The Odd Fellows' fund amounts to $300. Grand Secretary Foster estimates thai this fund will reach $5,000. Pitts bu re, 2. Contributions to the yeliow fever fund to date, $11,622. Vickaburg, 2. The weather ia clear and warm. An appeal is made to the Israelites tbrcuchout tbe country f.r assistance to their sick and destitute countrymen here. The distress is very great. Remittances should be made to Alex Kubn. treasurer of the Hebrew relief society of Vicksburg, Miss. The Howard assnciation p?ti mates tbu between 1,300 and 2 000 are si k, and increasing rcplJly. Eight physicians report 110 new ca?es. It is eetimated there are over 200 cases to day. Deaths, 1-4 whites, 4 blacks. Thirty cases of ever are reported at Greenville. Miss., and five deaths. Tne disease is spreading rapidly. |