The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-21

Of cases required to constitute an epldeml
form OF any contagious disease.
The National Board believes such case
as above mentioned can be prevented q
soon as the President details the six med
iCal officers provided for in the act ere
atlng the National Board 10 be stationed
at six OF the most important points in thI
West Indies, whose duty it shall be to in
spect and report upon the sanitary condi
ton OF all vessels clearing for UniteC
States ports, and no vessel so clearing car
obtain a clean bill OF health unless sale
medical officer recommends 1t. 1t is ex
peCted that the President will detail thesl
officers early next week.
The National Board Of Health urgently
request that the widest publicity be giveI
70 the following memoranda, especially II
the fever infected districts Of the South.
The following memoranda are trans
mitted for the purpose Of securing, wher
necessary, a speedy execution OF the pro
vision in the act OF Congress OF June 2
1879, requiring the National Board o
Health to cooperate with, and so far as Il
may lawfully aid State and MuniCipa
Boards Of Health in heexecution and en-
forcement of the rules aud regulations o.
such boards TO prevent the introduction o
contagious and infectious diseases into the
United States from foreign countries and
from one State into another.
First-All communications to this board
pertinent to matters included within the
above provisions should be made by State
or municipal Boards OF Health, and moi
otherwise.
SannnN S,,oh Nonp,un;oot;ona ohnnIJ
present subject matter sufficiently in de,
tail TO enable this Board to exercise dis
cretion as to the expediency Of co-operat.
ing or aiding therein, specifying among
other things the duties Of any officers the
appointment or payment Of whom is re-
quested. -44
Third Official information should be
given therein OF the adoption by such State
or Municipal Board Of any rules and reg.
ulations that have been recommended in
such case by this Board, and Of any other
State or municipal rules and regulations
that appear to be necessary for the pur.
pose in question. - E ~
Trade IntereSts OF 81. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, July 19.-The merchants ol
the city held meeting to-day to adopt
such precautionary measures as will salts.
fy the Texas authorities and avert the
threatened quarantine against st. Louis.
The following was adopted:
RHaOlred, That the merchants request the
city OF st. Louis to confer with the State
Board Of Health OF Arkansas and Texas in
regard to such quarantine regulations as
will be satisfactory TO the people Of these
States, and to enforce such regulations in
the shipment OF all goods from St. Louis.
RcS0tted, That the merchants OF st. Louis
individually pledge themselves not to ship
or permit to be shipped from St. Louis to
any point in the South goods or mer.
chandise OF any kind coming from any in
tected districts, and are prepared to &C.
company all shipments with affidavits to
that affect
The city authorities have been in tele.
graphic correspondence with Texas Of
ticials, and satisfactory understanding
has been arrived at.
ST. LOUIS, July 2O.-The health authori.
ties decided tonight on putting in force 9
partial quarantine against Memphis. A
corps Of physicians and sanitary officers
weresent down to the quarantine fifteen
miles below the city to stop Memphis
boats, inspect passengers and make use
of disiniectantS.
ll, New Orleans.
| NEW ORLEANS, July 1S.-The Auxiliary
Sanitary Association has sent a dispatch
to the Governor of. Texas and to the Presi
dent Of the Board Of Health at Galveston
suggesting the resembling Of the quaran
tine against New Orleans, and declaring
that there has not been case Of yellow
fever in New Orleans this season. The
Board OF Health will now enforce stric
quarantine against Memphis. DR.. Chop
pin was instructed to telegraph the Presi
dent Of the Galveston Board OF Health
that rigid quarantine against Memphis
is in full force; that no case OF yellow
fever existed in the city.
i DR.. Rutherford, Medical Agent OF Texas
telegraphed DR.. Chopin that the Calves
ton quarantine against New Orleans wa
unwarranted and precipitate, and he haC
sent protest to the Governor and re
quested him to suspend his official sane
ton oil the Galveston quarantine agains
New Orleans.
4 ~ quarantine nj Brownsville.
BRowNsvILLR, Tenn, July lO.-The ex
citement over the yellow fever report
from Memphis is OF the most intense char
acter. Many families have already lei
town, and others are preparing to go, moi
withstanding the fact that there is n
fever. The Roardto Health to-day adop
ed resolutions, which were indorsed by
large meeting Of citizens, establishing
quarantine against persons, treights an
baggage OF every, description from Men
phis, and requiring the railroad author
ties 10 have their trains passing north 2
through here without stopping. The Of
: derwent into effect at noon. The Boar
OF Health and citizens sympathize wit
/, Memphis in ber deep distress, hut thin
themselves by cutting of all communic
ton with. Memphis. my ni-gu
, Quarantine at Union City.
! & UxloS Cry, Tenn, July l9.-The mo
Q rigid quarantine was enforced here to.da
! TFainsfrom tie West we're met by inspec
|: ors two and one-half miles out on Il
aIroad, and the conductors forced to lot
4 the doors Of the cars and pass through Il
( town at the rate OF six miles per hou
Citizens Of Union City who had been of
:. q visit were refused admlttance 70 u
Q town, and were forced TO go slseyher
= lTbe town Is determined to keep upn rig
8 quarantine II It takes every shotgun wit