The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-09-15
excitement IN New Orleans Is Some
what Subsiding.
THE Exodus Is POSTPONED.
Residents Have Concluded to Await
Further Developments
THEY ARE HOPING FOR THE BEST.
In the 11santirne An 1mportant Towns
Have Declared Quarantine
Against the Injected
Crescent city.

New Orleans, Sept. 13.-Iew Orleans
has caught its second wind and the
breeze of excitement that prevailed has
subsided. At first there was DISPOSE
ton to leave town, but when they
summed up matters and found that
there were only seven imported cases
here and they had been warned as to
six. of them, they decided to wait until
the situation. should become more ag-
gravated before making break for
other parts
There was, therefore, no heavy out
going travel, and very little incoming.
A few passengers who arrived from
the east missed connection with the
Southern Pacific train and had to lay
over here. They have had to provide
themselves with health certificates and
are probably destined to meet with
considerable trouble If they attempt
to get of in Texas, which has declared
a rigid quarantine against New Or
leans.
The natives here have. contrary to
expectations, not become frightened
over the existence of yellow fever. and
whatever depression exists is due TO
the fact that business, which was 30
per cent above the corresponding
month of last year, has received a set
back as result of the general institu-
ton of quarantine measures against
this city. Nevertheless, there were the
usual Sunday ,nrongs at the parks,
where concerts were given, and the
theaters played to standing room only.
Many prominent physicians believe
that if isolated cases continue to ap-
pear in the city it is quite possible to
confine them and make their vicinity
proof against infection, as has been
done in the st. Claude street and Gelpi
cases.
One of the fresh cases of yellow fe-
yer reported by DR.. Shannon at Ocean
Springs proves to be Miss Goodrich OF
New Orleans, niece of the lady who
nursed Miss Schutze. the st. Louis
lady who died of the yellow fever.
1t develops that the yellow fever at
Barley, Miss, was imported from
Ocean Springs. Mrs. Sanders, who
was from Amsterdam, N. Y, died in
Ocean Springs and her body was taken
to Barley in a wa IN. Soon after her
husband and son died at Barley with
the disease, together with two other
persons, and other deaths are expected.
superintendent Dunn and General
sissippi with Drs. Hunter and Quinn
of the Mississippi board of health, have
returned to the city. The results of
their personal visit to the various
towns would have been excellent had
the board of health not been compelled
to officially announce the existence of
seven cases of yellow fever in New
Orleans. Every town of Importance is
quarantined against New Orleans.
Surgeon Carter of the marine hos
pita1 has returned from Barkley to
Ocean Springs. He says that Barley.
comparatively, is the worst stricken
pace in Mississippi.
DR.. Carter has himself seen eight
cases of yellow fever, although the
population of the town is only 200.
There have been four deaths in 10
days, the last occurring on Sunday
night, and other deaths are momen-
tarily expected.
Nearly everybody in the town has
been sick. The fever was imported
from Ocean Springs. The town has
been completely isolated and guards
placed around it. Vigorous efforts are
being made to prevent the fever from
spreading.