The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-16
FLORIDA'S YELLOW FLAG
NO NEW CASES OR DEATHS AT
THE METROPOLIS YESTERDAY.

The People Rapidly Getting Over
Their Scare - Physicians Doubt
Whether There Have Been Ten Cases
of the Genuine Article During the
Entire Epidemic.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Aug. Is, p M
Another day has dawned and is half gone,
and still everybody is not dead. Jacksonville
isnot half so dead as people make her out to
be outside, and she bids fair to keep her
old-time supremacy for years to come.
To-day the situation seems a good deal
brighter than on any day since the fever
was first declared as tending" to an epi-
demic form. The official bulletin for the
twenty-four hours ending at 6 o'clock last
night reads as follows
New cases 8; deaths none; under treatment
49, total cases to date 2S total deaths to date 4.
NEAL MITCHELL, NJ. D.,
President Duval County Board of Health.
The new cases are S. T. Simmons, a fire.
man from the Central station, Frank Don
ovan and Miss Annie Robinson. Both of
the latter were at the Grand Union hotel
These two were sent to the Sand Hills, as
was also Mrs. Pine from her fruit stand on
Bay street, near Laura. whose condition
grew more serious yesterday, owing, per-
haps, to want of proper ventilation in her
rooms and of good nursing.
FALSE ALARM
Considerable fright as well as amusement
was created in the Times Union's compos-
ing rooms yesterday. A man on entering
the room said that he had yellow fever, and
being hot and considerably flushed, some
were disposed to believe him and became
very much frightened, and all broke for the
door, DR.. Kenworthy was sent for, and
haStened to the office and found that the
fellow was suffering from an overload OF
cheap whisky. He was taken to the police
headquarters. The doctors seemed cheerful
this morning and said that the out
lock was good for speedy
victory over yellow jack The people, too,
are greatly encouraged at the present
aspect, and business is being resumed, but
of course in very limited channel Very
little excitement exists, but Indignation is
expressed against South Florida for her
quarantines and against Macon for her al
legged inhospitable ways The latter city
has made Door reputation in the eyes of
Jacksonville people for her course in this
matter.
ONE woMAN'S STORY.
One wealthy lady returned here yesterday
from there, and tells bitter tale of the
hardships She endured. No attention was
paid to refugees, all shelter was refused
them, and they were in verify left in the
streets She says she was forced to sleep
ON the floor, as no one would give her bel.
She says that she will stick by Jacksonville
after all.
Stories of bad state of affairs are rife
regarding the quarantine station at Bald
t. &C cotI AIak fl,Or.N i,
half those there, and that the shelter offered
is very insufficient and poor
This noon heavy show er fell here, cool
ing the air nicely. If there is yellow fever
here, this will develop it at once, which will
be better than the present uncertainty.
The sanitary force is working with might
and main, and great good has been accom-
plished.
PEST HOLE.
A regular pest bole was discovered to-day
just beyond toe Grand Union hotel Here,
on a lot about 210 feet long by 105 feet
wide, stand ten one-story tenement houses,
Of which eight were occupied.
In these small and poorly arranged
houses reside fifty-one persons, mostly
negroes-men, women and children. Many
Of these take in washing, which occupation
keeps the ground and the filth swept out of
the houses constantly wet, and in dry as
we'll as in wet weather it emits sickening
stencil.
The tenants are supplied with water from a
surface we'll not more than four or five feet
de9p, and along the rear fence is row OF
cheap earth closets some of them decayed, and
having the appearance, as well as the odor,
of not having been cleaned out in many
months. Two of these closets were pulled
down and burned, and the others were filled
with lime, while the ground was covered
almost from one end to the other with lime
IN order as far as possible to correct the
evil. This place is certainly nuisance, and
will probably be condemned.
PACKED IN LIKE sARDINEs.
In one Of the houses, which contains two
rooms, two families, consisting of nine
persons, reside. Several similar places
We're found throughout the city. They
Will all be promptly attended to.
With Wilson's battery of three guns
banging away at the small but powerful
microbes all the earlier part of the evening,
and scores of coal tar fires sending forth
huge volumes of smoke, the people here had
little sleep last night. Over 100 rounds
were fired, and if the result was as disas-
trous to the fever germs as it was to the
plate glass panes in many of the CLOSED
stores, the slaughter must have been great
MORE GUNS COMING.
five more guns are expected this evening
from st. Augustine and 200 rounds will be
hred promiscuously into the vast hordcs of
microbes that are supposed TO be lingering
IA the night air over Jacksonville. This is
10 be kept up for several nights
Large kettles are now standing in every
square throughout the city, and the firemen
furnish the coal tar.
DR.. Sollace Mitchell was taking his vaca-
tlon in Maine when it was announced that
yellow fever had appeared here. He ar
rived on the fast mail yesterday.
Well, b" said an unterrified merchant, who
was was absolutely idle yesterday, 'Jackson'
vile is distressingly healthy after all the
panic. number of the doctors have moth
ing to do, but they appear hopeful"
MORE CHEERFUL CoUNTENANCE.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Aug. Is, 8 P. M
jacksonville actually is beginning to wear
more cheerful countenance tonight, and
people are wondering now if there is really
any very fatal sickness at present in Their
midst.
-Four deaths in city Of 5000 population
Snot so very narrowing or alarming after
al, say the non excitable ones, and the
tifnld people, hearing this, and realizing
lne truthfulness Of the statement, are be-
ginning to quiet down, and feeling OF
security, such as they have not felt in a
week, is very noticeable.
Dr. Neal Mitchell, President of the board
Vi health, at 4 o'clock this afternoon re-
ported that no new cases Of yellow fever
naQ davelOned in tho fitv today