Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-22

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generally conceded that all the cases
originated here, and were caused by *.
cayatious and disturbing the filthy
few,rs on the depot gounds during the
past two months Three fourihs Of the
wmte population have fed. The stores
are nearly all closed, and there Is but
Little food in the city for the "can 't-eet-
aways-' no trains stop here. 4 special
tram viii I've furnished tonight for such
49, WISH TO so through TO the North.
taking on passengers some distance
north Of the city. he Howarus, or
Led-Cross Society, was organized to-day.
JACKSON, MISS, September 2l.--tOur
cases OF yeIiow-fevor were reported to-
day. Total number Of cases, seven,
with one death.
GUARANTEED AGAINST.
ST.. Lorls, September 2l.-A Po3t-
DnD1tch special from Cairo, Ills, saws ::
The city to-day established quarantine
og1iust ali the trains from the South on
tho Illinois Central and Mobile and
Ohio. All passengers from the North
viii he compelled to have health GER
uGcttcs.
HrIr>A, Ark. September p. Strict
quarantine has been declared. Trains
from the South are not permitted to even
discharge the mails.
THE SHOTGUN POLICY.
BRNINGuAN, Ala, September d.
Since the development OF the new cases
Of yeilow-fev at Decatur an extra num-
Der of quarantine officers have been en-
ployed TO meet the incoming trains,
both freight and passenger The dirt
roads leading into the city are clOsel "
guarded. and the sentiment OF the city
is TO adopt shotgun policy if necessary
10 enforce the quarantine, which has
never been relaxed since Spencer death
AT Decatur.
A special from Or. Jerome Cochran,
State health officer, who is now at Doca-
tur Ala. says: Local doctors now
couccde that we have yellow fever here.
Two old cases will die. To-day there
are three or four new cases. Two thirds
Of the white people have LIT, and others
are leaving by al possible ways. There
are not enough left TO make a big cpl
dcmic. Only small section Of the city
ls infected. so mails can get ont There
has evidently been a. focus Of infection
besides Spencers case.
SELMA.
SELMA, Al, September ola dis
patch from Decatur this morning to the
Imca- V1H, from DR.. jerome Cochran,
State health officer, says know of four
cases Of yellow-ieyer here, and believe
there are others. The local doctors have
at last agreed that We have yclloW-ieyer
The excitement Is intense. Selma is
Quarantincd against Decatur Jackson
VILE Fla, jackson, Miss, and MI III
fected places. The City Council met
this evening and adopted still more
stringent quarantine regulations. The
health Of Selma Is remarkably good, the
people hopeful, and business brisk.
INTLICTISG ZINES.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September2l.-
Chattanooga has instituted most strin-
gent quarantine against all infected
points. NO one is permitted TO enter the
city on any of the nine railroads without
giving satisfactory account Of himself.
Quarantine officers board every train,
aud fifty-one are thus employed. The
City Council has adopted ordinances in
Hicting fine OF five hundred dollars on
any person entering the city from
any infected district A large re-
ward is offered for the apprehension
and conviction Of such offender, and for
the conviction Of any one bArboring
such refugee. The Memphis and Charles
ton railroad trains stopping at Decatur
or within two miles on either side are
forbidden entrance to Chattanooga. Me
rdlan, Miss, WAS quarantlncd against
tonight owing to the report that cases
of yellow-fever have occurred there.
Chattanooga is enjoying the best Of
health, and the city and county authorI-
ties are on the alert and viii go to any
extreme to keep refugees from the city.
REFUGEES N KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, n.y., September OLA
train from Decatur which arrived this
morning brought TO Kentucky between
two hundred and three hundred yellow
fever refugees from Decatur, Ala. A
large number left the train at smaller
towns and have scattered through tine
State. About sixty came on to tins city.
Most of these had relatives or friends 10
whose homes they went \ few went to
the hotels, bat did not register from De-
catur one of the refugees was found at
the Louisville and Nashville Office and
said
d" We had TO run the gauntlet through
several places IN the South and bad TO
conceal our identity III order TO escape
being thrown Into quarantine. When
We left Decatur there had been four cases
Of fever reported, and / don't know bow
many have occurred since then. For seve-
raj DAYS past there have been umors there
that the scourgo had broken out, but the
officers of the Board OF Health believed
that they could check the disease aud
Impressed the facts ia order 10 prevent
panic. As soon as it became known
tine widest excitement prevailed, and
all those who could leave lost no time III
doing SO. There were about two hun
bred and titty on the train left on, but
they dropped of at points all along the
hue, and not more than fifty came to this
city. A terrible state of affairs exists IN
all Southern Alabama, Mississippi, Loui-
siaua. aud Florida Business Is practi-
clly dead. Visitors shun the towns, and
htj o. the homes are deserted. The suf-
iering people need all the help and SYM
patty that can be extended to them.
FEMALE NURSES NEEDED.
CHICAGO, September 2l.-The Mayor
this morning received telegram from
DR.. Neal Mitchell, president Of the
Board of Health, saying
that they need no physicians, but did F.
need acclimated female nurses. Any
such who apply to the MAYOR will he
furnished transportation TO Jacksonville :
Jr other fever infected points.
NO Man's Land.
rBy telegraph 20 the DlspAtch.l
ST.. LOUIS. September 2l.--A special .