The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-02

is a puzzling question. H. j. Samuels
ana guards OF the marine hospital ser
vice are stationed there to watch that
district. Mr.. Samuels is strict officer.
The general opinion here is that fever has
gained foothOld in some manner around
Brunswick and the people are
| apprehensive, Warren did not
pass through Camp Detention
as Surgeon Geddings' records prove, and
as shotgun quarantine surrounds
Brunswick both on land and water, it is
a question where the germs came from.
Surgeon Murray is working day and
visited Miss Orilla Dart on st.
Simon's Island, and found her
much improved He returned at mid
night and left on special train this
morning at l o'clock for Jesup, held an
autopsy there and returned to Brunswick
this morning at II O'Clock.
TEE CASE ON JEKYL ISLAND.
Surgeon FACET was out all night on
Jekyl Island The case there is
isolated and three miles from the famous
Jekyl Island club house, the winter home
of northern millionaires. Guards are
stationed around the house, the grounds
for half mile around have been disin-
fected, and no communication wahtever
is allowed between the patients quarters
and the club house.
Collector Of Customs j. H. Deveaux paid
off the employees at Camp Detention to-day
There is a total of eighty-three employees
at the camp, and their salaries from
Sept. IS to date amounted tolS1, ,315.25.
The MORNING News correspondent was
met at the train by Steward Bedding and
Chief Guard Pittman, who examined his
permit and passed him through the guard
line. Bugler Newsome, leader of Wilson's
Jacksonville band, was sounding the
church call, and soon the gospel tent was
filled with a respectful crowd of white
and colored refugees.
Rev. II. B. Stuart Martin, an Episcopal
minister, conducted the services, with
Bugler NewsOme rendering choir music
on the guitar.
One hundred and ninety-nine refugees
white and colored, are now quartered at
the camp S. j. Dent is quartermaster
and r. J. Hyde, assistant steward. Tel
egrapher 0. A. Murray has charge of abe
Western Union Office. w. H. Harrison
and Aaron Isaac are the chief cooks,
with three assistants. r. J. Nor
row is conductor on the mail train run
ming into Brunswick with Engineer
William Mahoney. Conductor w ellis, and
Engineer John Golden have charge of the
refugee train. None of these gentlemen
have had the fever, but have stuck to
their posts since the first day without
flinching, enabling mail and passengers to
go to and from Brunswick.
John S. Maura, the professional nurse,
is quartered at the camp and has expert
enced three epidemics.l
Surgeon DeSaussure has charge
of the hospital and Surgeon Geddings
controls the entire camp in an admir-
able manner.
Miss Casey at the camps hospital, is
the only patient there and is recover
ingrapidly.
All Brunswick's custom house force is
sick except Collector Deveaux.
AL postmaster Browns white and
several col ored assistants have
deserted him, but he still gives
a good service. Thirty cars were on a
side track being fumigated. Health Of
flcer Brunner of Savannah is so cautious
about the cars that he chips off pieces
from every car entering Savannah from
Brunswick, and has them analyized to
see if thoroughly disinfected.
The guard line extends an eighth of
mile around the camp, and the hospital is
a quarter of a mile distant. Surgeon
Gedding's discipline is perfect and all the
attaches and refugees like him.
Surgeon Murray announces late to-
night that Miss Orilla Dart, on ST. Si-
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did not develop sufficiently to warrant his
announcing it earlier. Her condition is
| not serious.
THE SITUATION AT JEsUP.
Jesup Ga, Oct. 1.-Surgeon Murray of
the marine hospital service arrived from
Brunswick this morning at o'clock, and
with Medical Inspector Samuel, Local
| Physicians Drawdy, Eason, Tutten and
Little held an autopsy upon &. }. War
ren, the person who was reported to have
died with yellow fever. The physicians
pronounced it genuine case of yellow
fever Medical Inspector Samuel has
been ordered by Surgeon Murray
to burn the bedding, disinfect the
! house and use disinfectants freely about
the premises. Surgeon Murray advises
all to remain, as he does not believe the
fever will spread to any great extent but
that there may be few scattering cases.
Notwithstanding this advice, several
families have moved away. The officials
are doing all in their power to prevent
the spread of the disease.