Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-25
YELL0w-FEvER.
rsr ssoT.GuN oUARAHTInE Wick
PREVAILS IN TENNESSEE.
r,.Aouon ofLouisvills-The Danger Line
Progress Of the Epidemic-Restric
tio1s Removed.


.,.iom % quarantine prevails most cx-
,rsNcly in Tennessee. and its cruelty
.rJ harbariiy isillusirated in the killing
"a man who left the tram a. Durant.
Iv Dr. Rauch approves of the course
~ the authorities at Louisville in in-
,urc refugees from the South. Relative
g. tle aspect of affairs in the southern
states the Doctor said:
"From personal observation during
Ne conference at Nashville, and from
ca.aai reports received, see no reason
change the opinion expressed by Inc a
v..h ago that there Is practically no
f-frcr Of yellowiever Ia Tennessee,
although developments at Decatur. Ala.
,cI jackson, Miss, increase the posi-
l.'nit- OK It. So far only one death has
,-4.rrcd IN Tcnnessee-at Wildwood
,gi that was Of a refugee from Decatur.
p1.s was a week ago, and so far no other
c.us have occurred in that locality The
cath II Decatur refugee at Louisville
fhe only one that has occurred IN Ken
t-ckV. Ii !. had not been for Decatur
,gt rcaks. the true nature of which was
fr some time doubted, the conference
O., Nashville would have agreed upon the
foa.ucn boundary Of Tennessee as the
lmt north Of which there was no dan
fr. bus owing 70 the panic existing in
nstfmooga and Memphis the northern
boundary line of the State was adopted
The only real danger of yellow-feyer
now is IN the southern portions of
uth Carolina. Georgia. Alabama,
mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
Che danger line Is daily moving
south. and the most powerful ally in
l-,yeuiiug the spread of the disease is
i.e constantly lowering temperature.
Che situation is not nearly 50 alarming
8. Il was IN the months Of July and Au-
gust in 1S7S aud 1879. The chief source
a. concern Is the fact that a shotgun
Quarantine prevails, and in many in
Stances the health authorities are over
ridden hy mobs. Unfortunately the
condition Of things may obtain for some
O4ys. even Il no new outbreak OF fever
occurs.
MoNrG 1SrEBY, Ala, September 24.-
Tie quarantine established on Friday 10y
tls city against Greenville. Ala, was re-
lov,d this morning, it being absolutely
certain that there was no real cause for
tne quarantine. The suspected case was
lot yellow-feyer, and the person sick had
lot been in any infected district.
ruE YE1Low-FEyER ATTITUDE OF MEM
PITS.
NF,Pms, Tenn, September pa
meeting Of the Joint committee of the
cotton and Merchants Exchanges and
ety authorities was held to-day. The
stringent quarantine regulations which
Lave been enforced since Saturday were
amended by the adoption of the follow
l-E:
R.s0lrcd, That passes be issued upon
81 certificate OF the president Of the tax
inc district or the president Of the Board
of Health 10 persons TO come in and out
ol the city who live III the city or Its
vicinity, and who will not go to any in
f.cted district. That this authority will
rlso cover all cases of people desiring to
lruC produce or carry out supplies IN
wagons or other vehicles.
Ecsoircd. That any person or persons
who are at present at quarantine stations
shall be permitted to come 10 the city
upon permits issued by the taxing district
authorities when satisfactory evidence IS
shown that they have not been IN any
infected districts.
The local military companies reported
Tor duty to-day and later will be assigned
10 duty as pickets on the dirt roads.
The following has been furnished the
Associnted Press and Is official:
HEALTH OF MEMPHIS.
The Advisory Committee from the
Cotton and Merchants Exchanges, in
connection with the city and the Board
a. Health authorities. desire to state
positively and emphatically that the city
If Memphis is remarkably healthy, and
that We have had no yellow-feyer In our
vicinity since 1879.
NAPOI EOS Hill,
Chairman Advisory Committee;
ID. p. MADDEN,
President Taxing District;
G. b. THORNTON.
President Board of Health.
MABISE-HOsPIrAL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, September A.-The
Marine Hospital service, through DR.,
Porter. assumed charge TO day Of the
yellow-feyer hospital at Jacksonville.
THE SITUATION AT JACKSONVILLE.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, September "a
This morning was cool and cloudy, and
rain has begun to fall, making damp.
disagreeabie weather The situation is
practically unchanged. Reports up to
noon show forty-nine cases. more than
two thirds of which are colored people.
Five deaths are reported for the past
eighteen hours Antonio Ching, an
Italian; Charles Hollings, child Eddy
Cumming, Lizzie Fox, and James
Thomas
The general situation indicates little
prospect OF improvement business IS
cut of 10y the local quarantine through
out the State More than half the stores
are now closed and others are doing but
little business. Only one regular tram
arrives and departs each day on the vari-
Gus roads except those running to the
beach. The railroad business Is very
snail. The boat lines on the river from
this point have all stopped.
WHOLE SECTION PANC-sTRICREN.
WASHINGTON, September u. 49, The
Post-Ohice Departmental has received seye-
raj kilograms to-day from the yellow
tever districts which indicate that the
running Of trains on nearly all of the
railroads in Alabama and Mississippi
have been abandoned and that the whole
section Is panic-stricken.
One Telegram dated Atlanta to-day
says: 1.-The running Of trains between
Chattanooga and Meridian. Meridian
and New Orleans, Meridian and Shreye-
port. Aberdeen and Durant, Greenwood
and Jackson, Durant and Tohula, Atlanta
and Artesia, west of Columbus, Miss,
are not permitted by the people, and the
probability is that Cairo aud Mobile and
Memphis and New Orleans trains will be
discontinued. The only way of reaching
New Orleans with any degreeof certainty
is by way Of Montgomery, and even
this route is threatened. People along
the Yicksbufg and Shreveport road seem
T. be one vast mob"