The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-10

Washington, Sept 9.-This afternoon
Surgeon General wyman received the
following telegram from Surgeon Muir
ray at Ocean Springs:
Third autopsy held by Wasdin.
Diagnosis of yellow fever consented to
by Guiteras. Carter. Cant and Mani
maus. The above was one of the sus-
pfcious cases seen by GuiteTas yester-
day"
This telegram gets at rest all doubt
as to the existence of yellow fever at
Ocean Springs. and the Marine hospital
service now fully realizes that it is
graphing with the plague.
New Orleans, Sept. 9.-Sneray Sey-
nlour died at 1 o'clock tilis morning at
Ocean Springs OF tine prevailing fever.
AS soon as his death was reported ar
engagements were made to hold an au-
topsy. Drs. Murray. Carter and Was
din Of the Marine hospital service, and
Drs. Lehman, Dunn, Cant and Bailey
we're present. 1t was confidently eX-
pected that this autopsy would com
pletely determine the character OF tire
disease that is prevailing at the Springs
as the case of Seymour is probably a
fair type of tine worst cases.
At 1890 today Surgeon r. D. Murray
wired the following to Surgeon General
Wvrnan at Washington:
Third autopsy held by Wasdln- dag
nosis of yellow fever. Consented to by
Guiteras, Carter and Cant"
SITUATION AT NEW ORLEANS.
When the health Office opened this
4 |,
Gus cases of fever to report in New Or
leans. Morning trains from the coast
towns brought few passengers. There is
TO longer any travel out Of the city to
the coast towns.
Dr. Salomcn's report of two cases of
yellow fever ait Scranton is considered
reliable, and he has been authorized to
communicate with the local physicians
there to endeavor to isolate the cases
Dr.. Solomon says the fever is yellow
jack, but of a mild kind. Rigid quaran-
tine will be enforced against Scranton.
The government experts will be asked
to go there and to Kerijston to deter
mine tlne character Of the disease.
People in the quarantined towns find
difficulty in getting provisions and other
supplies. The authorities are endeav-
oring to find some means of helping
them cut of their difficulties.
Up ito nightfall there has been no
change in the fever situation. Two or
three serious cases had been reported
to the board of health-a material fall
ing off from yesterday when there were
81. These were investigated with the
usual results. This evening DR. Oil
plant and his corps realize that they
have but one battle tonight-that of
preventing any more fIIlportatfonS from
the coast towns, Biloxi and Ocean
Springs.
ALL DOUBT SET AT REST.
The news from the Mississippi sound
was satisfactory today and diSappoint-
Unsatisfactory in that yellow fever
existed at Ocean Springs and Biloxi
confirming the argument of Dr. Olli-
pqlant and his associates, and disap-
pointing because the fears of the pub
lie have been realized. OF course the
decision of DR.. Guiteras has set at rest
all doubt that yellow fever exists at
Ocean Springs, but the people there
find some consolation in the fact that
peculiar conditions surrounded the
death of S}1eray Seymour. who was Of
ficialay declared today to have sue
curnbed to yellow fever. He was in bad
hearth before he was stricken: was dis
sipated and unnecessarily exposed him
self. He was first treated with print
tive methods by his family, no ply
stefan was called for four days. and
when he showed temporary recovery
oyer-ate himself and died. DR.. Guiteras.
DR.. Murray and all who participated in
the autopsy declared, however, that
there was no question that the man
died os yellow fever.
Late this evening the three cases
heretofore reported as existing at BIZ
loxi were confirmed as yellow fever by
Drs. Murray and Cant, after a careful
Investigation.
AT ~. ;eoI,a Il 4 L
is confidently predicted that q spread
of the cortagion Will be prevented. DR..
Guiteras will go to Biloxi and Scranton
after he has completed his inYesuga-
tons in Ocean Springs.
Mayor Flower of New Orleans was
asked today If the fever would have
the effect of inducing the authorities
to give the city cleaning up. He re-
piled in the negative. but added, how
ever, that if President Oliphant be-
Iieved thorough cleaning up was
required to keep fever out it would be
done.
Throughout the city today plugs were
opened in order that the cutters might
be flushed. Passenger trains leaving
the city today carried only ordinary
passengers.
DR. Zellay, who has been nursing
patients at Ocean Springs. has been
stricken with yellow fever at his home
at Perkinston, Miss. The case has been
officially confirmed and DR.. H. S. Gull
ley of Meridian, state health officer.
has gone to Perkinston to take charge
of the town and establish quarantine.
TWELVE SUSPICIOUS CASES.
New Orleans, Sent. 9-The board OF
health tonight specially announces that
there are II suspicious cases in one
block down town. Under ordinary cir
cumstance5 these cases would not have
been deemed suspicious, but two weeks
ago q. refugee from Ocean Springs died
in that vicinity and since then the fever
has spread there. No patients have
died nor have any been seriously id.
The board of experts have been study
ing the cases several days, but they
have net been able to reach a definite
conclusion. and ii was finally decided to
report the cases as suspicious, in ac-
cordarce With the boards pledge to
keep the public fully in it's confidence
The board Of health has placed guards
about the square and ordered q saIli-