Richland beacon., 1888-09-01
YELLOW FEVER NOTES..

! Governor Perry. of Florida, tele
! graphcd 10 Governor Gordon, of Georgia,
10 ascertain If there was any truth in the
rep rt of the proposed conference with
Governor Go. don, b Georgia, with a
view of putting on Il strct quarantine at
Waycro,s. and received a reply that he
had not heard of il. The fact is that
Waycross sent back several carloads of
passengers and baggage on Sunday, hay-
ing ordered strict quarantine on
through traffic Of every kind. This
hens Jacksonville III on every hand.
The only way of cgrcsS l. to 90 tO BOu-
logne quarantine camp. remain ten days,
an upon the certificate of health he re
leased free to 20 wh-re one chooses.
The jacksonville bpari of health. re-
sclndei its order. and will now publish
names and actresses of the sick. There
is great satisfaction aud relief at this
decision. I he city 10 Ks more desola,o
than ever. Fully l5, 900 people have let
1t. The quarantine is complete, with
scores Of hospitable cities in Georgia,
Alabama, Tenncs,c'. and the Carol mas
swinging their gates wide open; not II
person in jacksonville is permitted to set
loot upon an outgoin" car. Great cN-
oitemcnt prevails, and there has cen
some talk of tearing up the Savannah,
F., rila and Western tracks, the argu-
mcnt being that if that road refuses 10
take passengers out, the citizens may
very properly refuse To ltt ears come IN.
Pre- idcnt Nj Chcll, Of the jacksonville
Board Of Health, is in favor of giving
the widest publicity to AL news, but It
seems that newspapers are not held IN
much esteem by one or two others. III
these concealed cases are yellow fever,
then lme one is crimirally responsible.
If nC'. tie public should know the exact
facts in the matter, for concealment and
the loss of confidence would create q
panic that would he very perniciOus in
It's effects. 1t is sUggc ,tcd as an explain
alton of the action Of the papers in sup
pressing the names Of the victims, that,
As the aristocracy were catching it, they
did not like their name, mingled with
canaille Tom. Dick and Hurry.
The Savannah, Florida & Wesicrn
Railway has reduced the number of its
trains in and ont of jacksonville to the
minimum. The train leaving Jackson
vile at 5 p. IN. has been discontinued
till further no ice. The train formerly
arriving in jacksonville at s a. IN. has
also been discontinue !. As soon as yc.-
low fever broke out in Jacksonv He. Mr.
George W. Haincs, superintendent Of
the Brunswick IL Western Railroad,
whose headquarters is in Brunswick, set
out for that place to lock after the en-
ployes there. Two days ago he star ed
back bat was It pped at Waycr 50 hy
The quarantine inspectors. lie appealed
to the Brunswick DO nd Of health by tel
egraph, but that body would not waive
any of the fifteen days at quarantine.
MIR. Haynes telegraphc to hive the Of
flee of the system that can b, moved
temporarily transferred to Waycross.
Tn" Spanish steamship Castella, the first
If the cotton fleet known rs ocean tramps,
arrived at quarantine al Charll s,On, SC,
from Havana. At meeting of the
board of health resoIut on was adol tel |
prohibiting all vess Is from fevtrn.
fected points TO come to that city until |
after November, an that the Castella |
should be quarant ned for fourteen days.
Two passengers from Live Oak, near
Jacksonville, were captured in Charl's-
lesion, having run the blockade. They
were AT once sent over to the lazarett,
" where they will be kept fourteen days.
The board of hca tn OF Brunswick, Ga,
refused to let the Mallory line steamships
run in their vessels there until
after they have been quarantincd twenty
lays and iumigat,d three times in tie
meantime.