Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-09-23
THE y El.]E' ]: FEVER PEST.

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sttrons Hnort Being M.de to'
Stamp It Out
increase OF Deaths ut New Orleans
Scared Residents Leaving Mo-
bile-The Plague Appears
It Cairo. III.
4 New Orleans. Sept. q. Ihe condition,
relative to the yellow fever scare
throughout the south is gradually be-
coming more complicated, i chiefly ow-.
ing to the fact that there had been no
!: fatalities save the one which marked
the introduction Of the fever two
weeks ago. Since#then, however, there
] occurred . death Friday, two Saturday
and one Sunday-ive in all-with the
total number of 40 actual cases up to
six p. m. Sunday. All over the city the
work of cleaning and disinfecting is
going on. Meetings are being held daily
by all classes of the population and
the business men are putting lin the
d time collectively and individually push.
ing this branch OF the fight against
the. fever. Hundreds of barrels of lime
are being used in the; drains and gut
tiers and each infected locality is being
fumigated and sanitated thoroughly
under the organized direction of the
board of health. i ~ r.,
Hundreds OF citizens are svounteering
for personal work along this line and
are being pressed into service by the
board. Gasoline burners on a large
scale are being used to consume all
matter on sidewalks and drains in the
infected sections, and, in fact, never
has there been in the history of the
country more complete methods Of san.
Iitation pursued, audit is almost mat
ter, Of impossibility for the, fever to
spread in the infected localities. If
hard work can accomplish anything it
is safe TO say the fever will not reach
proportions calculated to seriously
threaten the public safety. Business
is at standstill, with the exception of
export shipments of grain and west
ern produce, which are progressing
without interruption and heavily, g,
The board of health has ordered that
meetings, whether social, fraternal or
otherwise, be avoided or postponed as
much as possible, and enjoining the
public to use filtered, distilled or boiled
water. No steps have yet been taken
to close the theaters, which are nightly
thronged with people, but if the fever
should spread it's anticipated that the
management Of the playhouses will be
asked to suspend temporarily. M
= The fever at. Edwards shows but
slight increase and no deaths have oc-
Cured. Dr.. Purnell reported four new
cases Sunday. Distinction has, com
menced and bedding is being burned
when it cannot be disinfected. DR..
Dunn, now at Ocean Springs, has been
ordered to Edwards. The state board
tried to prevent Father Prendergast, of
Vicksburg who has never had the fe-
yer, fromsgoing to Edwards, but he con-
sidereds Ut his duty and the board gave
way. $'T 4 i = Il, = / a5Ss
The board has report from Biloxi,
showing 36 cases to date, besides six
suspects and ~ cases of yellow fever
now on hand. No deaths reported III 4#ss
III vicksbufg is thoroughly guarde and
entirely healthy. It is estimated that
perhaps ten per cent. of the popula-
ton has left town. 1900 q. / ~ &c..
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 2O.-The official
bulletin for the last "a hours ending at
noon Sunday shows II new cases. One
death, occurred. Total cases to date.
20; total deaths, 3. The bad feature is
that the fever is confined to no particu-
lar part of the city, but seems to be
general. It, is estimated that nearly
10000 people have left the cityawithin
the past week and the exodus has not
yet subsidized. g 5srE %~s = o..
The government has taken charge of
quarantine and will erect 1000 tents at
Mount Vernon for the refugees. The
city has done everything in it's power
to stay the dreadful malady, scattering
lime and carbolic acid broadcast
throughout the city, but without APP
parent effect. -
Factories have shut down, buildings
in course of erection are deserted and
the city presents an appearance that
will not soon be forgotten. a.
Scranton, Miss, 40 miles south of
here, has appealed for help, and in all
probability Mobile will have to do like
wise within the next few days. The
last train on the Mobile & Ohio road left
here Saturday evening, and now but
one train leaves daily, that to Louisville
and Nashville, but this train is not al
lowed to stop in Alabama. A panic has
seized the people and altogether the
outlook is serious.
Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 2O.-A special