The Osceola times., 1888-09-29
GLOOMY TIMES.


antine Prseautioas. 10
NRw ORLEANS, Sept. aa-A special
dispatch from Jacksonville to the Times.
Demoerdf says: There IL much alarm all
over town. Every hour the name Of
soms well known person Is added TO the
list OF dead or sick Among those on to.
DAYS list of dead are DR.. T. J. Gould and
c. II. W. Elliott A large number OF
colorsd citizens ore now on the sick list.
Mayor c. r. Row will endeavor to per-
suade the colored people TO remove to
Camp Mitchell. The Marine Hospital
service wifi be pu ia charge Of st. Luke's
and Sand Hill, DR.. Porter found ii nec-
essary to send the following dispatch last
night to Miss Clara Barton, president OF
the Red Cross Association at Washing
ton. "Yor will confer a favor on me by
Withdrawing Southmayd. He is hind
rance TO me in nv official capacity in
command OF the Government nurses"
This conclusion was reached after mis-
understanding in the first place between
Colonel Southmayd and the authorities
on account OF the action OF the board Of
health in regard to incompetent or i'm
moral nurses. This action Southmayd
resented so persistently that DR.. Porter
ltlt tnt hnuOs uhSo ihoiV hA"A- ~
bear.
At meeting Of the sanitary associa-
ton yesterday the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolced, That Congress be urged TO at once
authorize and require the establishment OF u
scieutifc bureau in this city for the purpose OF
conducting investigation relative TO the pro-
duction and progress OF yellow fever in Florida
during the years 1857 and isSs Sanitary meth
DDS and other precautions agant the spread OF
the disease at different times and In different
localities IN the city, and all other conditions
relating TO the epidemic will likely be OF scen-
tinc and practical statistical value in future
In determining the methods OF quarantine,
sanitation. disinfection and treatment OF yell
low fever.
Resoired, That our Senators and Represents
tives IN Congress are requested TO bring this
matter before the House and urge Ne immed,.
ate consideration.
1t lis desirable that the investigation
shall take wider range than any other
ever undertaken in connection with yell
low fever in this country, and local and
other conditions connected Herewith.
Surprise is general here that such
thorough investigation has not been un.
dertaken before this.
Excitement at Montgomery. Ala.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Sept. PA special
to the Dispatch from Greenville, Ala,
and many private kilograms. say that
there Is no yellow fever there. The
Greenville Board OF Health came to the
conclusion, after examining the reported
case from Pensacola, that there is no
ground for calling 1t yellow fever. The
man is doing we'll
The mayor of Selma telegraphs the
mayor of Montgomery that the telegraph
operator at Selma learned from Meridian,
Niss., of several suspicious cases and
Rreht excitement there. eurgeon- Gener'
al Hamilton wires to the mayors here in
reply to Saturdays telegram:
Cannot interfere with Alabama boards Of
health, but viii communicate with DR.. Cochran.
Reliable information has been received
here, that Gainesville, Fla, refugee, q
Mrs. Culverhouse. arrived at OpelikA
Ala, yesterday. quite sick.
The Bismarck Hotel is still open and
feeding all that apply, whether they have
money TO pay or not Two restaurauts
here are doing the same. The Western
Union manager, s. d. Armstrong, has
never left his post except for sleep. Jos.
T. Dixon, city editor of the Free Lance, ID
still here. Only two physicians have
left Both OF them left on account oi
sickness. Tho city is we'll provided with
both physicians and nurses, and all who
left the city have left their places IN
order Statements to the contrary Sat
urdsy night are utterly false, and do our
city great injustice.
A Gloomy Day.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept 2l.--A special
SS a nar Va
says: To-day has been the gloomiest
Sunday in Decatur's history, the sun
even refusing its cheerful light to the
small crowds on the platform watching
! the trains nv by them. There are hardly
more than q hundred and Atty people in
I the town. Two thirds Of these are col.
/ ored.t The special train with about fifty
refugees left about midnight Saturday
night. II is scarcely probable that any
more will be permitted to leave. There
I we're but two cases and no death vester-
4 day--cheering news were IL not that Sc
little remains for the scourge to fasten
itself on. One of yesterdays cases was
Or. W. C. Buckley, one of the best physi-
clans In Decatur. Total cases to date,
seventeen; total deaths, four, as follows:
A. d. Spencer, DIR. b 'wman. W. l.. Prince
| auu ". h1Dptl. Inc tdscs noW undti
treatment are Fred Falkenburg, Mr..
| weakley and son, Mrs. Jones, son and
daughter, W. r. Francis, Jos. Graham,
Dir. Buckley and three others, names uu.
known"
Quarantine Again New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, Sept. "a. - At a
meeting of the State Board Of Health
| yesterday the agent of the Texas & Pa.
| cfc railroad said he had received tele.
gram from Shreveport that the board Of
health there refused to quarantine against
New Orleans, but that yielding to the de.
mands OF the people and the city coun.
ell, they consented to place an embargo
on all points below Alexandria, which
has the same effect. President Wilkin-
son of the Board Of Health said that New
Orleans was free from even suspicious
case, aud such arbitrary action would not
be countenanced. He therefore tele-
graphed the Shreveport Authorities as fol-
lows: "Boards of health have no arbitrary
powers. The Supreme Court has plainly
decided these cases. The State board
will as sist all local boards in keeping out
infectious diseases, but will not counten-
anes mob law. Any quarantine against
a healthy place In Louisiana will be re.
sisted by the State board. II the parties
interested join issue with you we will
side against you" lHI lt
II is understood that the Texas & Pa
cifc receivers will apply to the United
States court for an order forbidding the
Shreveport health author tiles 70 inter.
fere with the trains OF the company.
The Bsp-Pisyers' Broth erhood.
PIrrsBuRoH, Pa, Sept S.-Ths Leader
says that at the next meeting OF the