The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-04
The Yellow Fever at Shreveport
Excitement In Our CITY over the
Conflicting Reports.
Action Of the CITY Council.
Quarantine u tabIiShed.
Last Nights Train on The Texas
Pacific Stopped near Mesquite.

Reports rec, ivcd from Houston state
that the yellow fever has been prevail
Ing IN Shreveport since the 18th of
August. Nineteen deaths are reported
yesterday. There IL no doubt that II
Is spreading rapidly, Many persons
are leaving that city.
Quarantine regulations will be en-
forced at Houston this evening or to-
morrow, A gentleman at Sherman
this morning received alettcr from his
wife, stating that the fever was spread
ing to IN alarming extent.
We have given the above on what
we deem good authority, and have fur
ther heard from persons who left the
city Of Shreveport yesterday morning,
that the fever was prevailing to an
alarming extent. The following letter
from DR., G. h Booth, who is in charge
Of the City Hospital at Shreveport, to
Judge Ira G. Mitchell, of this city, is
published for the information II con-
iains, but II should be remembered
that II il dated four days ago, and most
of the rumors we have are OF date since
then:
SHREVEPORT, August 81 1873.
Mr.. Ira G, Mitchell DALLAS, Texas
Dear Sir--Doubtless the report of the
prevalence of yellow fever here has
reached your city ere this. would
say that there has not been II ease here
this year. We have, however, had
and are still having the usual fall
fcvers which are here every year. such
as Intermittent and remittent icVcrs,
which is attended with more or less
congestion. Some Of our citizens Il
am sorry to say have been frightened
from their homes by the report that
has been circulated concerning the
type of sickness here.
| have interviewed several physi-
clans practiclng here, and all say the
report is groundless. About the only
deaths that have occurred here lately
are those men who have been EN-
poyod ON the river above here re-
moving the raft; working there all
summer in the sun; drinking Red
River water exposed to the influence
of malaria chat IL always present in
such places at this season Of the year;
take sick up there, and are discharged
and come TO Shreveport to obtain med
zeal mid. Many times they are on the
way two or three days; some having
to walk. The valuable time for mcdi-
cation is being lost, and often when
they reach here ''arc too far
gone to use the cXpression)
for Medicine to have any, or
but little effect. This constitutes the
cause of the great scare | have refer
enCo to. Every city or community
have in il class of beings who have
no other motive in view but to get up
such rcports--hnving nothing ut stake
to suffer by the result consequent of
such rumor alloat, and not possessing
brain enough to see the folly of such
an action.
There has been hut few deaths in the
Hospital this month--in all, but six.
Those who have entered have been af-
fccted with Intermittent bilious fever,
is about all the sickness we have here.
This is n critical period in the COM
mercc of Shreveport, having just been
connected with Dallas and other cities
of Texas by rail, and the merchants of
those places have notyet fairly tried the
place rs u market for their cotton and
the purchase of their supplies, and
should this report be believed, 1t will
be great injustice to our merchants
here, The papers here are doing all
that can be done to dispcl the foolish
and unjust report; and no doubt YOU
will have much better demonstration
of its ialsity in day or two from the
doctors here. So come on to Shreve-
mort and tell all others to do likewise.
GUS. II. BOOTH.