Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-29
THE REFUGEES
Prom Yellow Fever Dl-trict Must Remain |
Tn the North mississippi Board OF Health |
Advise Them Not Return at Present.

Advise Them Not tn Return at Present.
JACKSON. Miss. Sept. 25.-rhe state
board of health Friday night issued the
following official bulletin:
The board is daily receiving re-
quests from parties from the
north for permission to return
To their homes, and has de-
cidcd not To allow them To do 80 for the
present After the board il certain
that the fever il confined To Edwards
and immediate vicinity quarantine
will probably be raised on railroads
not connected with any infected point.
\ special train left ViclSsburg Friday
evening for the vicinity of Edwards
with four colored Mmale nurses and
such supplies n were needed. Efforts
are being made to obtain white female
nurses and it is likely some may be Sc
cured Saturday.
DIR. Guitcras il at NickSburg aud
leaves for Delhi in north Louisiana
saturday.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25.--At Ocean
Springs there are IL old cases of fever
under treatment and one new case re
ported Friday. No deaths.
Scranton, Miss, reports three new
eases Friday, with no deaths there or
in East PaScagouln.
At Biloxi, Miss. Mayor H. l.. How
ard was taken down Friday with the
fever. He is ovcrworhcd. having de
voted his energies to fighting fever:
Acting Mayor Swetmnu il also sick
Reports from the sick are all favorable.
The board III health reports: yellow
fever eases To date, 40; under treat
mcnt. -; total deaths to date. 4; new
cases Friday II.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2j.-The hoard
OF health of the state of Louisiana gave
out officially the following status Of AT
fairs in New Orleans n regards the,
yellow fever
During the - hours ending Friday.
September -, AT six p. IN. there were:
Total cases of yellow fever. 10. total
deaths, 4; total eases of yellow fever To
date. 9S; total deaths from yellow fever
To date. -.
The following is the official report
from Edwards since : p. m Thursday
| night:
New Cases Whites Mrs Ella Goodc.
Leroy Ratcliff. Miss Marie Lewis. 4. J..
Lewis >r., Miss Willie Ross. Mrs. Il. r.
BirdSong, Il. w. Elliott. Mrs X. ". FL
lott, T.. h. lIoblin, Mrs. r.. l.. Martin
u. IL Ilowic's child, Mrs. r.. \. Walton
81. Kathleen Lowrcy, Mrs j. +. Gallo
way, Mrs. H. II. Montgomery. +. L..
Powling. Miss Sallic Donovan. Miss
Winnie Donovan and Miss Rettic Wag-
oncr
Colored-A. j. Jones, Mary Jones.
Nancy Smith. Henry Gray. Carrie Ste
vcnS, James buchanan. Mary Brown
Sallic Jenkins. Ella Scott. bessie Henry.
Total number of cases for the day. 30:
total cases To date. $50; deaths Friday.
none; total deaths to date T.
Convalcsccnt, ~; now under treat
ment. -.
Frank RoSsma had black vomit all
Thursday night and Friday was not
expected to live
No cases were reported discharged
Friday. Cases under treatment having
increased to 81. we are very short Of
physicians having but four. Their
energies are sorcly taxed.
MonILE. Ala. Sept. - The yellow
fever bulletin Friday says. IL eases.
deaths, 10 discharged and III under
treatment. With one or two cNccp.
tions the sick are doing we'll
DIR. George a. Kctchum. president of
the board of health. remarks that the
sick of the fever are all jewellers in one
story houscs-thati il To say. sleep on the
ground floor He infcrs that the poison
moves along the ground and prcfcra-
bly, attacks those closest in reach