The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-16

tions are not in immediate connection with
the railroad station>, but are some distance
down the railroad toward Florida.
CHATTAHooCHEE's STATION.
The one at Chattahoochee is at River
junction, about two miles from Chatta-
hoochee. This station is under charge of
Assistant Surgeon Geddings, of the ma
rlne hospital service. The one at
Dupont is at present under the
general direction of Passed Assistant
Surgeon Urquhart, whose headquarters
are at Waycross. These fumigat;on stations
are constructed from "box" cars, which are
divided into two compartments by upright
planking. In each compartment thus made
wire netting shelves are placed at regular
intervals as thickly us practicable.
THE FUMIGATIoN.
When articles are to be fumigated, they
are loosely scattered on the shelves, and
when all is ready a charcoal braZier or iron
kettle is filled with charcoal. AS soon a'
pounds of sulphur are thrown upon it, and
soon the fumes of sdlphurous
acid gas penetrates every part of
the car and every fabric therein. Other
cars similarly shelved have been provided
for the railway mail service, and the clerks
in that service open the mail bags, puncture
the letters and scatter them upon the wire
shelves. The cars being movable can be
shifted from place to place, and the pass
age way between the broad doors gives
ample room for the shifting of baggage.
PUNCTURING LETTERS.
The method of puncturing letters is the
same as that adopted in Europe during the
cholera epidemic, and will not prevent
their being read, whil at the same time it
Will allow the gas to penetrate them.
Passengers coming north from an infected
town must pass short period of observa-
ton in the detention camp near Boulogne.
From other towns in Florida they may pass
inspectors, but are not allowed to stop at
any southern point.
BoULoGNE's CAMP
The refuge camp near Boulogne is under
command OF Passed Asst. Surgeon Guiteras.
This camp. while such police regulations as
are necessary will be enforced, is
not, strictly speaking, military
camp. Persons from Jacksonville and
other infected points, falling sick
at this camp will be returned to Jackson
Vile by the first train The camp has been
supplied with tents and cooking utensils,
and the hardships of detention will De re-
duoed as much as possible. Persons unable
to bring rations will be furnished them
while undergoing detention, but it is only
those able to buy tickets that will avail
themselves of the camp.
TEN DAYS IN. CAMP.
Ten days at the camp will be required to
enable one to pass the inspectors and come
north. The inspectors haye been provided
with conductors punches, and they punch
and issue to each passenger ticket show
ing to what points bound where from, the
date, the number of pieces of baggage and
the name of the inspector. A traveller
must also sign his name to the ticket as
Nfi idanffRnattry, hn ei%, -.
Florida is calming down, but the panic is
still very great.
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE.
Notwithstanding that the death rate in
Jacksonville is small, and that it has at
no time been great either at Tampa, Mana
tee or Plant City, yet the fears Of the people
in adjoining towns are such as to lead them
to establish rigid shotgun" quarantines
everywhere-and such unreasoning quar-
antines-why, at Wilmington our
train coming north was made to
lie on side track three miles from
Wilmington, while they brought breakfast
to us on a box car. They refuse to allow
north-bound trains to come into the depot
CALLAHAN BEATS THEM ALL.
At Callahan in Florida, the citizens, land
there are only about two dozen). forbid any
train to stop going either north or south.
Among many stories of the panic at Jack
sonville is one told by the conductor of our
car to the effect that one lady in Jackson
vile was so panic-stric&en at the market on
seeing bulletin posted up that she went 20
the train instead of buying her marketing,
and on her arrival at the train tried to hire
the newsboy to go and tell her husband
where she had gone. The boy having a
wholesome fear of yellow jack refused to
go to the city, but about that time the
lady's son came in sight and carried the
message.
NAssAUs FOOT DOWN.
When the refuge camp was about to be
established at Boulogne, billiards was
spoken of, which is a place just little
nearer Jacksonville, but the Nassau county
board of health protested in most frantic
way, although their headquarters is more
than forty miles away at Fernandina, and
they had put three sets of inspectors on the
railroad and declared strict quarantine 1t
is safe to say that to-day one-half the towns
in Florida are quarantined against all in
corners.
WORSE THAN YELLOW PEvER.
This panic, in many cases, is worse than
the yellow fever itself. 1t is hoped TO quiet
it by furnishing complete system of in
spection under government auspices. At
the same time such internal measures of
sanitation as seem to be necessary will be
resorted to, wherever the local forces are
inadequate to properly perform the work.
At Jacksonville the Duval county board of
health are dong their utmost TO stamp out
the disease, and it is hoped that their efforts
may be successful
ORIGIN OF THE EPIDEMIC.
1t is too soon to speak with positiveness
of the origin of the epidemic, but it is quite
probable that the case OF Mccormick, i'm
ported from Plant City, was not the first
case at Jacksonville, nor the case from Or
lando the second. Rumors Of yellow fever
at Jacksonville have been prevalent for sew
eral weeks.
II is now known definitely that the FIRST
cases in Tampa last fall were brought there
by schooner engaged in smuggling.