Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-25
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Service with their suggestions and con.
clusions on the subject, and the Surgeon
General shall prepare the same for publ.
cation with his opinions and recon-
mendations and report il TO Congress.
Senator Plumb introduced bill offer
ing a reward Of Sl00,GO to any persons
who shall discover and copyright for
public use any certain remedy or treat
ment of yellow-fever which will lower
the eath.rate 10 less than 2 per cent. OF
the cases which may be so treated any
where within the United States. The
bill requests all persons who have been
treated 10y any copyrighted remedy
and who recovered from the disease to
HE a sworn statement to that effect with
the Sureeon-Gencral of the army, and
the doctors and nurses who attend any
persons who have been treated by the
copyrighted remedy, and whose death
results, are also requested 10 file state
ment OF the manner in which the remedy
was applied with the Surgeon-General
OF the army. Whenever the Surgeon
General shall find 9sl recoycries out
OF thousand cases OF yellow-fever
which were treated by copyrighted
remedy Sl00 600 shall be paid to the
discoyerers Of the remedy.
The bill introduced in the House to-
day by MIR. Wheeler. OF Alabama, to es-
taohsh camps for yellow-iever refugees
recltes in the preamble that many citi-
zeDs are now flying from the cities ana
districts infected, orthrcatened with yell
low fever, and are being quarantined.
The bill authorizes the President to es-
tabiish camps of refuge in such localities
Az may be designated 10y him, or by Of
ficers he may send to take charge of the
same. 1t provides further that tents,
beds, camp eQuipage, provisions, medi-
cal attendance, medical stores, nurses,
ETC.. be supplied that all camp equipege
infected by yellow-fever shall be de-
strOyed by fire after the disappearance
of the epidemic and appropriates $780,
GOO to carry out the provisions OF the
act.
pON'T LIKE QUARANTINE.
MoBnR. ALA, September 2i.-Owing
to the restrictions OF the quarantine re-
gulations in Mississippi, Tennessee, and
Kentucky. the Mobile and Ohio
railroad stopped tonight all through
passenger aud freight trains on that road.
Traffic will he resumed, Manager Clarke
says, when reason resumes her sway and
decentralization ends.
MORE FAVORABLE.
JACKSON, MISS, September 24.-There
have been no deaths or new cases re-
ported since yesterday morning. All
the sick are doing well. Three expe-
rienced nurses arrived from New Orleans
this morning. The Illinois Central Bail
road Company report that people along
the line are so excited that they will
consent for only one train to pass 10 each
twenty-four hours, and that they may
stop at the asylum switch to put oil sup
plies for Jackson, but to receive nothing
whatever. The census shows nearly
1900 in the city and vicinity within the
quarantine lines, so per cent of whom
have never had the fever, without mails,
supplies, or funds. The people are as
hopeful as eau be expected under the
circumstances.
MEMPHIS, September 24.-The latest
from Decatur received to-day is to the
effect that no new cases of yellow-feyer
have developed since yesterday nor have
any deaths occurred.
NO FEVER THERE.
MERIDIAN, Miss, September 2.-Ihe
City Board Of Health to-day adopted
resolutions in effect as follows:
ResoiUcd. That we DO earnestly pro-
test and emphatically deny that there Is
now or has been a single suspicious case
Of fever i'll this city and further, that
the record shows the death-rate lower
than for several days at the same period;
that it is the purpose Of this board to
prevent all intercourse with Injected
points; and we pledge our honor to
give full publicity to the first case
or suspicious case that may occur.
GRAPHIC STORIES TOLD.
ATLANTA, GA, September 24.-Chat-
tanooga has modified her quarantine
regulations so as to admit trains by the
Western and Atlantic and East Tennes-
see roads and those passengers are all
ripht who have health certificates. All
roads from Atlanta are in active opera
ton and not at all troubled by quaran-
tine regulations. Or. O. h. EaTty, of
Columbus, Miss, reached this city to-
day. lie comes for the authorities of
Columbus to examine ell cities along the
line of the Georgia Pacific road. He
made a thorough examination of Atlanta
and was delighted with the healthy APP
pearance Of the city. which he character
lied as the cleanest in the United States.
Railway mail.aeents and railrOad-men
tell graphic stories of the panic IN Mis-
sissippi. The oldest residents of the
sections seem to be the most frightened.
Officers from Chattanooga are putting
suspected passengers OF the cars near
Coal CITY and Rising Fawn, convict
camps, and to prevent trouble Governor
Gordon has declared quarantine at the
camps. 1t Is feared that If single case
of yellow-fever appears there the guards
will stampede and leave the convlcts to
themselves. The weather III Atlanta Is
almost cold enough for frost.
NEW CASES IN ABUNDANCE.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September a.
This has been one of the most disagree
alle DAYS of the season. Yesterdays
northeaster has been succeeded by a
cold rain and II drizzle that has continued
throughout the day and evening. This
weather is regarded as exec edingiy I'M
favorable for the sick, but it Is encoura-
cing TO note that only five deaths have
been reported. New cases, however,
still continue in abundance.
The report to-day shows lib, OF which
IS are colored and Is white. -Four fifths
of the new cases are i'll the suburbs.
Total cases reported to date, 1891 total
deaths, 2l7. 1t Is impossible to approx
mate the number of cases that nave not
been reported to the Board Of Health.
One physician has had over 100, few of
which have been reported. Among the
discharged yellow.ieyer patients are Rev.
DR.. Weller rector OF 81. Johns church,
and Mrs. Weller.
Rev. ". Ii. Dodge is resting comtorta-
bly, TO night. Reports from fernandina
that a. >. ukebill. agent of the Florida