Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-14

4 FLORIDA CITY GIVEN Up TO THE DREAD
DISEASE.
jacksonville Q1arantinei Against al It's Neighbors
Oaly One Exit Left OPea-Reiagres Flee
llg For Their Lives Business
al a Stand Still

'''A'''i ''.''i -h"EN'' A'' 80
fever panic continues. People are leaving
the city by every known means Of exodus.
The outlying cities aud towns, both near |
aud distant, are continually ESTABLISHING
quarantine against Jacksonville. Macon, |
Ga, which had opened its gates u ali
refugees, closed them to-day. The only |
known exit now is through Atlanta |
and if May Cross maintains a strict quar- |
antine and the government establishes a
camp for refugees at BouloyEe, twelve
miles this side of there, the present in
habitants of jacksonville will he practi- !
caliy shut in on all sides TIE Citizens
Auxiliary Association TO the County Board
of Health was in session all the
morning, various matters being under dis
cussiOn. The police force has bees in
creased, and six mounted police now patrol
the streets night and day. No case of
yellow fever has yet occurred among the |
negro population. Business is completely !
paraly2ad, and negroes ont ol work |
gather in knots in the streets and, It IL
feared, will soon begin 10 pluEder and pill
lage the hundreds OF unoccupied houses in
the city.
Rumors of martial law are afloat. The
situation does not yet demand il, hut may
almost any hour if the thousands of blacks
remain out of work By reason Of the
exodus from the city the banks have been
Lime, sulphur and tar have been ordered
in large quantities, and tonight several
hundred fires will be lighted all over the
city, two or three in every block, in order
20 Kill The fever germs If possinle.
T0-niuht the conclusion theory Of
killing fever germs viii he given pract
cal test Wilson's battery with five pieces
OF artillery will begin firing continuously
from seven o'clock tor several hours.
The situation at : p. M, is "a follows:
Only two new cases Of yellow feverare re-
ported in the city az occurring in the past
twenty four hours. b. +. Dillon, Super
intendent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, ana VIM. Sheppard, residing on
Church street. Deaths to-day, one; recOv-
cred, one; under treatment 10; whole
number Ct cases so FAR, p; total deaths, !.
WASHINGTON, August l3.-In the Sen
ate Sfr Hoar called for the yeas and nays
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vote on the fishery treaty to December
next.
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motion. l. mad become evident from W.
ii1us Outgivings ON the Republican side Of
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been told IN more ar less mlaoTliy tone
that il was not cn'v 70 be rejected, but was
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hut there were reasons for IT which
Law on the surGlce and were easily
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WIN sh6nld not those Influences that come
,,ror9 ,bs sohsr sscond thonrh, and from
,bo ohsonco af eyIrarsnng intInonces and
sYc;tamerts bn inyokedg
NJ PacL c~;,;riseJ sono racont remarks
osNfr T-ys a. n tha rr,rtica of the
r,n,Ji,1 Il .hsrmen sandipy frolan fish into
The Amer;,,n market free cr dutv
nnder the tariff cIausa Of Fish free for
immediate consumntiop and said tha,
~ jnng 80 frs.b fsh cnnId onlv reach Bos-
,on and Portland and the naonlc th.re got
them ch, amer, il was eminently satisfactory