The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
SIX NEW CASES OF FEVER.
rur CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN
OCEAN SPRINGS.
r,-,,..,rht Psrsous sick. Sut Only I've Are
yellow Fever Caseu-Tws New Cases In
HioIi supposed to Be DrnEue-lundred
r.vu. ouarantiue Against View Orleans.

yellow Fever Cssru-rws New Cases In
Hiio1i supposed to Be Den~Eue-aundreds
r.vu. Quarantine Against View ORLEANS.
Srv ORLEANS, Sept. 1.-THE fright which
--.vnired Yesterday over the fever has very
materially subsidized here to-day A number
:, those who had arranged to go away changed
,beir minds. and It now looks as though very
s.v persons would leave, and mainly those
vbo wish 10 avoid quarantine. At the confer
sncs In the Mayors parlor this morning the
citv Council appropriated $4,000 for clean
,,g m .he city and announced that It would
NV. more il it was needed. 1t Is thought that
$4,000 IL amply sufficient for the work to be
acme The money will be expended under the
1;r.,tion OF the Board OF Health. Mayor
v7o-srs issued a proclamation to-day calling
rron citizens to assist in tho work by cleaning
mn their premises.
Ocean Springs reports six new cases Of fever
,o-dav. All are light and are supposed to be
asny,l.. but are reported as suspicious. There
.. nov thirty-eight sick in the town. but only
two u these cases have been pronounced yellow
t,vsr BY DR.. Guiteras. At a conference held
.o-a,, the United States Marine Hospital Off
rtals offered to take charge Of the quarantine
.,rBon around Ocean Springs, which Is now
,nder the controfof the Mississippi State Board
of Health. The arrangements have not vet
loen COuCA4tAGu. ouh tNU NAAAAS "- AOSHo
he made on Monday. A canvass Of the town
n Ocean Springs shows fifteen white families.
numbering eighty seven, and twelve negro
families, numbering sixty-tvo. or . total Of
IIy persons. destitute because Of the epidemic
and quarantine and tho closing down Of all
work. and needing public assistance.
Eortainebleu, formerly known a. BeI1efon-
.aIue. has been selected as the site for the
Camp OF Detention. which will DO under the
snspices Of the United States Marine Hospital.
+. Is On the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
avo miles east OF Ocean Springs and three miles
from the surf. and is a delightful site. The
camp Is likely TO be crowded, as so persons
from Ocean Springs and 100 from Scranton
have already announced their intention TO 20
into camp In order to be freed from the quaran-
tue. They will he detained in camp eight
aays. 70 render it certain that they are not in
fected with the fever, and then can 60 on Co
New Orleans.
Biloxi reports two new cases Of fever. Meth
or Is pronounced yellow fever, but merely sus-
uicious. and It Is thought that both arc dengue.
There ars twenty In all sick with fever in town,
but only three Of these have been officially re-
ported as sick Of the yellow fever by the United
States Marine Hospital doctors.
Several hundred guarantees against New
Orleans poured in to-day. Meridian, Covtng-
ton. Say 81 LOuLs. Ao Eu1D uTlSIl 7
about the only neiShbGring tswns that have
tiled 70 quarantine. Even Port Eads. at the
head Of the jetttes. has shut out New Orleans.
The health officers Of both Texas and Florida
have refused 20 quarantine, but some OF the
towus in these States have done So.
The Mississippi Board Of Health has given
notice that no one from New Orleans can pass
through that state without a health certii-
cate. even II their destination be Chicago or New
York. All the excursion trains have been dtss
continued. and fishermen have been warned
arutnafrr1inr IN rha Rinnlafa rha grant hEhfrr
place at the sound as a quarantine station has
been located there. Among those detained at
been married at Biloxi a few days ago. The
quarantine shut out the bridegroom. and she
him.-And is Mortified 70 dnd that she has run
into another quarantine at the Rigolete, and
will remain ten days there.
The illinois Central officials are working hard
and with considerable success TO induce the
local authorities in the Tennessee, Mississippi.
E:i Lcc:ta.lca tawci % adapZ ! onitc;m .ys-
TEN OF quarantine. As it Is the system differs
In each town. and the railroad authorities can
not Keep up with the various laws on the sub
SAVANNAH. Sept. 1.-THE health officials of
Savannah are taking no stock in the published
sssippi. No quarantine was put on last night,
but at enc time it was announced that such
Al midnight it was decided co despatch a spe-
cial messenger to the infected district 10 make
Dr.. George Il. stone. President Of the Georgia
Medical Society. and who has passed through
two epiGemlcs. was selected for this important
mission. &c left this morning and will return
as soon as possible. The feeling among the citi-
pens Is that savannah should quarantine. The
local papers are demanding editoriallY that
mch action be taken.
WARRINGTON. Sept 1l.-Surgeon Murray. at
Ocean Springs. has wired SUPERINTENDENT
WTmAn that six new cases OF sickness have
been reported there. and says great difficulty is
Experienced in procuring prompt and definite
fAtA. About 100 people from Scranton will go
p the detention camp, near Ocean Springs.
This camp Will be pitched at FonrainebIeau.
which II on the railroad, has good water supply,
md 10 far enough removed from infected points.
4 complete microscopic and ARCHAEOLOGICAL
qutft has been shipped TO Ocean Springs by the
Guryeon-General. DR.. Guiteras mas gone TO
Barkleys 10 Investigate the suspicious case
reported there.
Surrgeon-General WymAn has wired Surgeon
Murray at Ocean Springs that all persons who
arc sent 70 the camp OF detention at Fontaine-
bleu must De detained the full limit OF ten days,
a. tho quarantine regulations provide. Gen.
Wyman has detailed DR.. Toulman Gaines. who
. also at Ocean Springs. for duty nc the camp
hospital. Passed Assistant Surgeon White,
who has been on duty at che Ellis Island emil
grant station. tonight reported his arrival at
the detention camp.
A complete microscopic and Archaeological
OUTFIT las been shipped 70 Ocean Springs, and
Surgeon W asdin mas been ordered to pursue a
course nf lnvestigution on yellow fever accord
Ing 20 the method OF DR.. Santzreili. the South
American expert on the disease, who claims to
have discovered the yellow fever germ