The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-22


SPREAD OF THE DISEASE THROUGHOUT THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ANTICIPATED DEMAND
OF REFUGE--PREcAUTIoNs IN NEW ORLEANS
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE nEEALD.l
NASHVILLE. July n. 1879.
Dr. r. NJ Wright, United States Sanitary Inspector.
arrived here from New Orleans this morning. under
orders of the National Board of Health. He says
that it is almost universally expressed opinion of
those familiar with the yellow fever that there is
great danger of the yellow fever spreading the
Mississippi Valley and that there very generally
expressed demand for the establishment of intel
hgent quarantine under tho rules OF the National
Board which everywhere meets with approval, with
the exception of its application particular local
ties whore the fever has heretofore prevailed. At
these places physicians and health authorities
familiar with yellow fever advise such quarantine
will prohibit the stay OF people coming from in
fected places.
PLACES OF REFUGE.
East Tennessee and Virginia. he says. are thought
to be the best localities within easy reach for fleeing
refugees. and as affording them better asylum
perhaps than other region at the same distance
from points likely to be infected.
IN NEW ORLEANS.
exercising great vigilance to prevent the outbreak of
suspicious case and that any occurring will DO
promptly reported.
Nashville will establish o limited quarantine to-
morrow by the inspection of incoming trains and
the establishment OF hospital for the isolation Of
any case that might happen to come here.
RIGID QUARANTINE ESTABLISHED AT TUsCUM-
BIA, ALA.-sMALL BASE FOR A PANIC.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
TUscUMBIA Ala, July 81, 1879.
Our authorities to-day established rigid quaran-
tine against infected districts and railroad trans
from any direction not allowed to stop within
the city limits. reported local of yellow fever
last night. and which at first created sensation.
turned out to be childbirth
pIc1oUs CASES OF FEVER AT MISSISSIPPI CITY
PRONOUNCED MALAEIAL.
New ORLEANS. La. July 81. 1879.
Five suspicious of fever having recently &C.
Cured in the Creel family near Mississippi City.
the health authorities to-day sent medical experts
by special train to investigate tho matter. DIR.
chopin. in telegram to DR.. Haden. President of
the Galveston Board of Health makes the following
statement of the result
Drs W. A. Smythe and c. B. White. Of this city.
have just returned from visiting the reported
picious OF fever i'll Mississippi City, on the
lake Shore and declare the five under observa-
ton DO malarial fever New Orleans is perfectly
free from yellow fever. There were only eighty
thu ee deaths last week OF oil diseases.
From DIR. Smythe it is learned that there were
three local physicians with DR.. White and himself
at the residence of the Crael family to-day. He
says:-"We came to tho conclusion that the disease
is not yellow fever but is Of u maarial character.
caused by malarial poison" One member of the
family died last Wednesday. DR.. Smythe says all
tho others will recover.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED IN
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. July 81. 1879.
The following arc the quarantine regulations
which were put in force to-day
Frst-That no freight of any kind shall be allowed
to be brought from what lately known "the
taxing district to any point within the limits Of
the city OF ST. Lonis.
Secosd-That no steamboat or other water craft
on .~Slroak-<~tin coming directly from Memphis
shall be allowed to land ut the wharf or discharge its
freight passengers within the limits Of the city of
St. Louis without first having obtained permit to
do from the Health Commissioner or some other
officer designated by him.
Th,rd--No steamboat or other water craft coming
from that has touched at the port Of Memphis,
that shall have landed ON either side of the river
within one mile OF the limits of Memphis shall be
allowed land at the wharf discharge its freight
passengers within the limits OF the city of st.
Louis without first having obtained permit to do
officer designated by him. which officer shall be
stationed and the permit issued at the quarantine
station established by the city OF St. Louis on the
west bank OF the Mississippi river, five miles south
of the southern limits of the city.
FourU-Any person. whether passenger or of the
crew OF any steamboat or other water craft, who
may be found to be suffering from yellow fever, or
from what may be supposed to be yellow foyer. shall
be placed in and cared for in the hospital wards at
the Quarantine station.
REFUGEES COMING.
telegram from Cairo states that the steamer Ste.
Genevive, having on board $50 passengers and 400
tons of freight from Memphis. will reach here
tomorrow. The boat will be halted at the
quarantine station. Any persons who sick
will be taken of. Should the boat have no yellow
fever cases board she will be permitted to land
her passengers at tho wharf. but will be Immediately
removed to quarantine for thorough fuinigston of
her freight. The latest information is to the effect
that all on board well.
The Health Commissioner has larger powers than
last year. He take sick persons and trans
port them from any place in the city to another
place in his opinion the health Of the city demands
it, six new wards have been built at quarantine,
which is on high blum. fourteen miles south of the
city. Accomm odstions have been provided for a
colony of several hundred persons.
MEMPHIS REFUGEES AT CAIRO.
CAIno. ILL.,, July q. 1879.
The steamer Ste. Genevive. with nearly four hun
dred passengers from Memphis for st. Louis. mr.
rived here at o'clock this afternoon There was
no sickness on board. The boat anchored below the
city and received supplies by tugs.
At special meeting Of the CITY Council to-day.
tho Board of Health authorized to employ q
force sufficient to carry out the quarantine requla-
tons.
A RELIEF COMMITTEE IN wAsHINGToN-TENTs
AND RATIoNs FOR MEMPHIS.
WASHINGTON. July 81. 1870.
Representative Casey Young, OF Tennessee. and
other pro unent gentlemen represe ntup the South