The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-15
FIGHTING YELLOW JACK.
NO ADDITIONAL o.iSEs .sPoRTED
TOPAZ Ar BRUNSWICK.
DIR. Cpttteras says 10 Looks VERY Much
Like nm Epidemlc-Criminai
Negligence Charged.

BRUNSWICK, GA. Sept ii.~After the
wild rlmors OF last night matters have
assumed normal quiet and people are
not leaving the city as they did before.
Many are going TO ST. Simons TO spend
the night with their families who viii re-
tura TO their business during the day. a
number Of stores recently closed are kept
omen At the Board OF Health meeting
at noon two cases Of fever were reported
the Cox child roborted last night, and Mrs.
Turner in the northern part Of the city.
other cases that had ben reported on the
streets. after examination were declared
not to be yellow fever.
An important question was presented al
tina Board of Health meeting: VINO is
"a charge of matters. the government OF
the city authorities? one or the other
must assume the responsibility or great
confusi'n must exist
Or. Guiteras said this evening that u
looks very much Ike an epidemic is
threatened through the slow appearance
OF the disease was hopeful sign. Eacn
death has been complicated with weak
noes from other ilpcss. Camp Haines
VIII be inaugurated by next Monday
when Surgeon Magruder viii take charge
The peorle have little hope OF egress now
til after frost, however. when matters
may turn.
The following bulletin to the Board or
Health {; plains Itself:
ITO the public: The Board Of Heaith
announces that there are TWO cases OF
yellow fever now under treatment In
The city and that IT does not deem mat
Il has assumed the form Of an epidemic
(signcd) S. c. Llttlefeld. chairman pro
TEN. l.. S. Bodet, Secretary"
While there is cause of apprehension
tho facts are decidedly more cheerful
than the street rumors. a fen days, how
ever will indicate what II is 10 be. The
case of the man at the hospital was that
he was a confirmed consumptive and
had been removed from a sailor board
ing house because Of pulmonary trouble,
and after being placed in the hospital
had been up and down until Sunday. when
ne was reported worse At that time he
showed fever but not Of a suggestive
type. Or. Butts mad not been with him
during the last days Of his Illness The
autopsy showed. however, that he died
of yellow fever
Resnit of Criminal Negligence.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-the fresh out
break of yellow fever. at brunswick,
bureau TO the criminal negligence Of the
local physicians and most rigid inves-
tigatiOn, With a view 10 locating the
violator Of the law, has been set on foot.
The Montgomery conference Of lbS de-
cided after thorough investigation Of
the subject. that refugees might safely |
return 10 their homes after ii had devel- |
opcd that there were no cases Of fever |
for a period of two weeks, and after |
nd al
airy measures had been taken.
The last case OF yellow fever in the city
OF Brunswick was that Of the Cox Child |
which was discovered August 22d.
After a period of eighteen days had
elapsed there were no evidences Of any
infection. The locality had been thorough
ly disinfected and on September Sth quar-
antine was raised Yesterday afternoon
the first message came announcing a
post norton held on the body Of a shoe
maker, who lived over his store i'm the
business part Of the city. Or. Guiteras,
the marine hospital surgeon, wired that
he had not seen the patient In life, but
his examination showed that death had
been the result Of fever The house was
at once vacated. and disinfectants APP
piled. This, IL was thought, might prove
20 be a sporadic case, but later in the
evening a second telegram came in, I'm
which the officer said he had just per-
formed an autopsy on the second case,
which had also been concealed from him,
and for which a death certificate Of con-
sumption had been given. 1t proved to
be genuine yellow fever, One colored
child taken sick Monday last, is also
reported down with the disease thus
making an outbreak of two deaths and
one case within the last twenty-four
hours. There was nothing to show that
there was any connection between these
and the cases previously reported before
the recent quarantine was established
and the conclusion reached by the author.
titles is that the city Is infected and thai
fact has been concealed by the loca. |
ply sicians. The action of Surgeon-General |
Wyman was prompt and emphatic He at |
once wired DIR. Guiteras TO quarantine |
and disinfect each of the three localities |
and ordered Surgeon Murray, Of the hos |
pital service. TO report there for duty, |
and detailed number Of stewards for the !
work of caring for the sick. Two physi- |
clans are already on the ground repre- |
senting the marine hospital service. They |
are Drs Guteras and Coget. both yellow
fever experts. Word of the outbreak
was st once teiegraphed the health OFF,
GERS Of all southern cities and active
measures have been begun TO prevent the
spread OF the plague to other cities.
Postmaster-Gener Bissell was this
morning officially requested by the Sur
geon-Generai TO require ali mail coming
from Brunswick TO be dsinfected, and the
railroads WILL as matter OF protection
for themselves, pursue the same course
in regard 10 express matter and other
goods ira over their lines