The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
THE FEARFUL SC0URGE.
Yesterdays Report OF
New Victims at
Jackson vile.
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA PANIC
STRICKEN.
Congress Discussing the Plague.

CfycrvNATr. September PA special
TO the i1st from Jacksonville, Fla, says !:
Up 10 noon there were some sixty cases
Of fever reported, most Of them colored.
Only six deaths 50 far reported. Antonio
Chinci Eddie Cummings, Lizzie Fox and
James Thomas and two unknown co.orod
men. Another telegraph operator, Charles
Berkner Of New Orleans was taken down
this morning. Sixteen nurses arrived
from Philadelphia, but only three were
accepted, as there were but three females
needed. There is asupply ofmale nurses
here.
THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE TAKES
CHARGE
WAsHfNGroE. d. c., September 81
The Marine Hospital Service took charge
through DR.. Porter Of the hospital al
jacksonville yesterday Dr. Hamilton Is
receiving numbers of letters daily from
physicians North and West applying Tor
positions South. lie states that these
letters are useless as none are sent South
who have not had the fever. Dr. Hsmil-
Ton has received resolutions adopted at
q mass meeting Of the citizens al Way
cross. Ga, on The X2i setting forth the
position Of Waycr0ss as the principal
gateway into Florida and the main outlet
from the yellow fever districts and the
fact that the Mayor and Council have
gone 10 the limit OF taxation for the pG
pose of placing the town in good sanitary
condition and in supporting quaran-
tine and asking The Government through
Surgeon General Hamilton to aid iinan-
cially in maintaining d rigid quarantine
there.
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA PANIC sTRicK-
IN.
WAsHrNoroN, d. G., September 24-
Teleprams received al the POstOillce De
partment to-day from various points IN
Inc south indicate that nearly al! the rail-
road trains in Mississippi and Alabama
have been stopped by the people, VINO are
manic stricken for fear of the yellow fever
invasion. A postal Official at Atlanta
telegIa; Is that trains running between
CHATTANOOGA aud Meridian, Meridian and
New Orleans, Meridian and Shreveport.
Aberdeen and Darnlt, Greenwood ana
Jackson, Durant and 1ehula, Atlanta
and Artesia, west of Columbus, Miss are
not permitted by the people TO run, and
the probability is that Cairo and Monte,
Memphis and New Orleans will be dis
continued. The only cert sin route now
open 10 New Orleans il is slated is by
way Of Montgomery and even THIS IS
constantly threatened. The people along
the Nicksburg and Shreveport railroad,
adds the postal m oyec, So y to he one
vastmOb From CAIRO, linois, the post
master itegr phs that al trains on the
Cairo ani Molilc rnal have been aoan-
q ned q, th,y will be on the Cairo and
New @, lean, line Today. The country
tdnw j. in the hands OF a hOwling mob
aud quarantine is everywhere.
Camp Mitchell will be inspected to-
MORO ' by Acting Mayor Gerow and a
G. l0ie committee, and an 'nfeayor will
be niadc To- get large number OF the
LtsIOc, 10 move out there.
CONGRESS coN-IDEMNG THE PLAGUE
WASHINGTON. ID G, september 94.-
Senator all A. trodu rd in the Senate this
tf ernuon hh finmed ~ accordance
with the ideus oi thr Jacksonville AuXil-
law SAuitsrv ASCOT ,tion providing for
the appoiutmen, hy the Presid MT of n
nedi, al commits ion to consist OF seven
ph,si,iLs Of different schools 10 60 TO
thc s.al al the yellow tevt, plague to
conduct investigations relative TO the IN.
uoiu, tiuu ot tnr plague, sanitary method
and O. her precautions agar ST us spread
iug. and the staie OF the atmosphere IN
various towns aud different parts Of those
towns and To report the Information OLE
tainrd and the conclusions reached TO the
Surgeon General If the Marine Hospital
Service In com, ion with this subject
General Harris had read at the clerk ;
0,sk dispatch from the mayor and the
pies ding ,iiice of various public insti-
tn,ions H. Memphis setting forth the ne
cessity ofari.i sea-b ard quarantine and
urge nily reQue, ting the Ie-csta'llsment
of tue National Board OF Health or some
siuilar institution with power and means
10 carry out the designed object In con-
rection with State and local boards OF
health.
Senaior Plumb introduced 10 the Sen
ate to-day a bill Offering reward OF
$4,000 tor the discovery OF the cause,
rem,ay and treatment Of yellow fever
The bill requests all persons who re-
cover from yellow fever after treatment
by some copyrighted method to notify
the Surgeon General of their recovery,
and that all physicians who have pader
treatment by any copyrighted method
any person who may die from yellow
fever shall notify the Surgeon General
of the death and the method OF treat.
ment; that when record shall have been
had of some remedy which shall have
cured 9Sl of 1000 cases treated, then the
inventor or disc0yerer of that method
shall be paid the reward Of 100000 u;.-
der the terms of the bill. All remedies
entered for this competition shall ha' 2
TO be Copyrighted with the Librarian Of
Congress.
TRAINS STOPPED.
MOBILE, September 24.-All through
passenger and freight trains on tho
Mobile 4 Ohio Railroad were suspended
tonight owing to quarantine restrictions
in Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky
Traffic will be resumed, Manager Clark
says, when the people get over their
panic.
rYboxa {c not on infected ,,laca ~, tho