The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-10-04
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AFew Statements fFon. the Colunns Of Tsls
grams that Daily Fill the Papers about I'll,
Pestilsncs.
Language Ii inadequate TO describe th,
scenes Of misery, suffering and desolatior
that have followed the appearance or til.
yellow fever in the South.
REIGN OF TERROR.
A portion Of the railroad track between
frightened people in order to forct
trains to stop. There is good ground
for believing the report true. Thert
In scarcely any fear that any refugees
will be able to reach Louisiana or New Or.
leans by river, for Jackson has been isolated
and people from there have no means o
reaching the Mississippi river. Vicksburg and
", and roads connecting them with Jackson
have been obliged to 60 out OF business fol
the present. There is evidently a reign o1
terror in n about Jackson. and a gentle,
man on his way from Birmingham to Vicks-
burg, who was forced to come to New Or
leans from Meridian, said recently that he
never saw people so frightened as are Mis-
s%issippians, who are panic stricken with
fear that the scourge may become gen
eral in their state. Special trains, as required,
will be sent to Jackson by the Illinois Central
to carry North all who wish to go. At the
meeting of the board of health the epidemic
at jackson. Miss, was discussed.
MEMPHIS VIGOROUSLY GUARANTEED.
The stringent quarantine regulations
adopted by the city Of Memphis went into eft.
feet on the 22d Of Sept, and no passenger
trains on any of the railroads on the east
side Of the Mississippi river can
come nearer Memphis thar ten miles.
t G5ael j. b sards fsIR' Tho Of a. strict Iss =. a Iasa an.
train from New Orleans, which was due at
) o'clock in the morning, did not arrive at
Lakeview, Miss, until 2 in the afternoon. By
order of the Memphis authorities q train was
stopped at Lakeview, and q special train was
sent there to convey the delayed passengers to
their destination. A detail of police, together
with two officials of the Louisville, New
Orleans 4 Texas railway and associated
press reporter went down to make the trans
fer. There were abouttw hundred passengers,
mostly women and children who had hur-
riedly left New Orleans, Vicksburg, Greenville
and other points. They were not fleeing
from fever, but had been sent away to avoid
a stampede that would follow if case should
appear at any Of those places.
Many ladies were unaccompanied by their
husbands, who had remained behind, and
" NAS ~ olAS0 WIN uUUCIly .JClplCSDs
excitement which prevails all along the
route from New Orleans to Memphis had
proven contagious, and they were like SO
many frightened sheep. The coaches were
almost to suffocation, and many
women and children were unable to secure
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CHATTANOOGA ACT LIKEWISE.
Chattanooga has instituted amost stringent
quarantine against all infected points. No
one is permitted to enter the city on any of
the nine railroads without giving q Salts
factory account of himself. Quarantine off,
GERS board every train, and fifty are thus en-
The city council has adopted or
dinances infiicting a fine of $500 on any per-
son entering the city from any infected dis
trict. A large reward is offered for the
and conviction of such
offender and for the conviction of any
one harboring such refugee. The Memphis
& Charleston railroad trains stopping at De-
catur or twenty miles either side are forbid
Miss, wa ~quarantined against owing to the
report that cases Of yellow fever had oc-
Cured there. All through passenger and
trains on the Mobile & Ohio railroad
were suspended recently, owing to quaran-
tine restrictions in Mississippi, Tennessee
and Kentucky.
THE SITUATION IN JACKSONVILLE.
JACKSONVILLE SEPT. 21.-Most of the new
cases are among colored people in the SUBJ
urbs. There are comparatively few deaths
among the negroes, who usually recover rap
idly from the disease. Total number of cases
reported to date, 1852; total deaths 1876.
nation from Fenandina, but it is expected
that advices from there will be at
hand in a day Or two. A high death
rate is expected for several DAYS. A
from Gainesville reports one new case
member of the guards who went to
Fernandina, One Of the most pathetic In
cidents of the pestilence occurred. A little
n~ine-year-old boy named Stock was brought
in from the san hills, where he had recov-
cred from the yellow fever. Making his way
to his home, he was told that his father,
and sister had all fallen victims to
the dread disease. He is a bright little fellow,
and will be cared for by a gentleman who
was a patient near him in the hospital. aRo-
nance mixes with our woe now and then.
Miss Haiti l.. Kidd, who stood at her post
at the telephone Office till she caught
family have died. To-day she was mar
to b. w. Owen, the head of the re-
lief committee. They were betrothed andNpy.
was set as the day, but as she refused to
the city without her lover they were.
married. Another sad story was told today.
Two young girls died at the Sand Hills last
night. They had been very ill but wespacon,
mother, who had been sick at st. Luksss hos,
pital, died there the day before. Yesterday
aecident the younger of the twosisters OBJ
Cained copy ofthe Times Union in whichthe
1n0theSesdeath Nas recorded. She went weep
ing to her sister, and, weakened by her excite
and grief, fell down at her sisters feet in
dead faint. The sisters were seized with con-
~yulsions and had q relapse. Both died soon
afterward. Tho official report to-day shows
Lib new cases Of yellow fever and fourteen
deaths.
JACKSONVILLE, SEPT. 22.-Thereis no change
in the situation to-day, except that the rec
ord has been beaten in the number Of new
cases. Five weeks ago, when the fever broke
opt, q white man who had only been married
months, was taken i'll and died. At
the time of his death his wife became q
low fever after q few days illness, and
Che poor little five weeks old babe ID
without a relative In the place.
When the Clergyman who was there
spoke about the future Of the little orphan,
he was told that oil the women In the neigh
borhood were already quarreling as to who
should have charge of the baby. When the
He left without his wife who was
sick with yellow fever and three little children.
His wife is dead now, and his children would
have starved had not strangers cared for
them. The amount of money that is used
here surprised even the officers themselves.
JACKSONVILLE, SEPT. GA funeral silence
reigns to-day. No church bells tell us that
1t is Sunday in fact, the only thing toindicate-
the day is that there are not SO many me-
groes in the street and around the COM
room 10 at other times. The
traffic on the streets consists Of doctors aips
and hearses. This mornings report seemed
mere favorable than yesterday mornings:
There 10 also q little encouragement CLEANED
from the fact that yesterdays death rate
was low, though there were more cases than
before. There is much lll-feeling against
a certain marine hospital surgeon, and it is
probable that the surgeon general will be
asked to recall him.
J~AcKsoNyILLE, SEPT. 24.-Col. J.J. Daniels