The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-23
rOSTlTE BOARD OF HEALTH
az Northern to SuTgeOR-Cele Wy
man.

covsrnor Incloses Mayor Nc
'D.,ouph's Letter Relative to Deten-
q stations, and States That He Is
r,t,,salf Powerless to Create Them,
ming Neither Authority Nor APP
.nriation to Cover Even the Small
- expenditure for the Protection
81 the Lives of the People.
,l.rta Ga, Aug. 22.-Gov Northen
..,.ive5 the following letter from Mayor
w,nonough to-day, which explains itself:
n savannah, Mayor Office Savannah
d Oi'S me- 2l 1898. TO His EXcelency. w. j.
H5SSr+brr Governor State of Georgia. Atlanta,
q NJ, near Sir-YOu have no doubt heard of
E Un-- .,r.,-9 1euCe of yellow fever a Brunswick.
Il ll1 tti,e United States surgeon in charge OF
%. ,,-,arautiue station at that post having
~ ~ yellow fever at O'Clock p. m, yester-
g g beg to say that have been offclally
G.of3,rrned of further cases OF yellow fever in
IIIll'o,..l,yirk today I have advices from the
mr. of Brunswick to the effect
No NO., he has advised all citizens
n cau leave Brunswick to go at
w n seems to me from this, and for other
s. o"Il,s yellow fever is bound to become cpl
-. at brunswick. Such being the case, it
~ the most vital importance 10 the state of
SSo,rgig ana especially to this section of the
80 that a camp for detention should be
.nlFf
"a T, line of the Brunswick and Western rail
nv somewhere between Brunswick and
Wovcros,. also on the East Tennessee Vir-
giria and Georgia railway at some convenient
Il Siare between Jesup and Brunswick.
| therefore, write to urge upon you to
a osta1lish these camps or stations for the
H nrrnose OF detention of refugees fleeing from
brunswick and yellow fever, so that they may
i ie held there at least until the period of in
n cIbation has passed. If this is not done we
4 Hav eynect to have yellow fever scattered
n throughout the state Of Georgia; and l most
Tryently request that, If it is not within your
4 Tower 10 establish such stations, you will
rrge upon Surgeon General Wyman of Wash
i inSton the necessity and Importance Of the
4 establishment Of such stations. am very
ejad TO be able TO inform you that the sani-
farv condition of our city and surroundings
was never better. We have no fear of yellow
fever here unless it should be brought
4 In from Brunswick or some other infected
Mace We are doing our utmost in the way
of inspection and quarantine work, and are
trying to keep out refugees from infected
places but in spite Of all we can do they will
sip In occasionally II these camps of de-
tention are established, where the people can
remain for the proper length Of time. then we
would be glad to shelter them here, when they
could reasonably be supposed to be free from
infection. But we certainly do not invite
them under the existing circumstances.
Hoping this will have your most careful and
prompt attention, l am, very respectfully
Yours JOHN j. MCDONOUGH, Mayor.
TIRE GOVERNOR OFFICIALLY PowERLEss.
The governor was considerably agi-
tated by Mayor McDonough's commune
cation Officially, as the chief executive
of the state, he was utterly powerless to
Give any assistance to the local author
tiles in fighting the threatened
scourge. He realizes the necessity
of having central head
to successfully meet such emergencies, but
Georgia has no health department not
even a state health officer, and there is
no money or authority at the governors
command even in case of the most ex-
IRENE need. The best he could do was to
appeal to the federal authorities, which
he did immediately through the follow
ing letter:
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. %, 1S93-To Hon, Wal
ter Wyman, surgeon general, Washington,
d: G.: Dear Sir-I beg to hand to you here
with letter from the mayor of Savannah,
Ca, In reference to yellow fever at Bruins
wick. You VIII observe that the mayor of
Savannah suggests that establish two de-
tentiOn stations at which persons fleeing from
Brunswick could be held until after the pc
Rod Of danger. l regret to say that have no
such authority. We have no laws governing
such matters no state board of health; no
appropriation TO cover even the smallest ex-
pendltures for such protection Of the lives of
the people Of the state as the situation de-
manuS. am forced TO appeal to the general
government in this emergency, and / earnestly
ask that you take charge OF the matter and
take such measures as, in your Judgment,
are necessary and advisable OF course. L
assure you of every assistance and coopera-
ton that may be within my power and au-
thorty l beg that you take immediate
action upon this letter Very respectfully
etc. w. J, NORTHEN,
Governor of Georgia.
ATLANTA ON THE LOOKOUT.
Refugees from Brunswick have been
pouring into Atlanta all day. Every reg
ular train brought them in numbers and
special over the East Tennessee at
noon brought between 200 and 300 City
inspectors and physicians met the re
fugees several miles out and let them pass
in only after rigid examination An cpl
demic is anticipated by Atlanta,
and quarantine station has been
put in readiness for use should any fever
case be brought here. Atlanta will not
smut her gates to any healthy refugees
who come Many of those who arrived
to-day continued their journey to other
points. Among those who remained a
good many are in poor circumstances and
viii suffer many privations in their flight
from the scourge.