Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-09-10
UNCLE SAM WILL AID.
Government to Take Precnution,
Against Spread of Fever.

Against Spread OF Fever.
Washington, Sept. s.-The general
government will render all assistance
in its power to check the spread of yell
low fever. This will be done mainly
through the agency of the Marine hos
pital service. DR.. Walter Wyman, the
head Of the bureau, returned to this
city Tuesday afternoon and assumed
active charge in directing the work in
assisting the state officials of Missis-
sippi in their efforts to confine the dis
ease to the locality where it appears to
have started. DR.. Wyman says that as
yet he has no opinion to express wheth-
er the disease is really yellow fever, al
though he admits 1t looks very suspi-
cious. The precautionary measures he
has taken are based entirely on the
declarations of the state board of health
of Louisiana in the Gelpi case, which
was that the disease from which the
person died was yellow fever.
The officials at the surgeon generals
Office are quite anxious that DR.. Cult
eras should be on the ground as soon
as possible, as they think so much Of
his opinion in yellow fever cases as to
be guided entirely by it in their action.
So far their advices are confrmatory
of the press reports that the epidemic
| is of the nature of yellow fever. Still,
1t is evident that even yet they are not
entirely convinced of the correctness
| of the reports as received, and there
Is apparently strong inclination to
doubt their accuracy. They say thatif
| the disease is yellow fever it is very
| strange that out of 600 cases there
should have been only 10 deaths.
New Orleans, Sept. s.-Night fell upon
New Orleans without single case of
| yellow fever having been reported to
| the board of health. But one imported
case thus far has been developed here
and death has wiped that out. The
board of health, through its president,
DR.. Olliphant, and its president pro
tenn, DIR. Wolmsley, declares that in
spite of all reports to the contrary, not
one OF the many who have come hither
from Ocean Springs has been stricken
with the fatal disease.
Tuesday morning, at the Gelpi resi-.
dence, where the first and fatal case was
reported Monday, the premises were
thoroughly impregnated with sulphur
and 1t Is believed every lingering germ
therein has been killed. The four in
mates, two servants and the mother ant
brother of the boy, are absolutely quar-
abtined. No one is permitted either tt
enter or to leave the house, which will
be in charge of the board of health fol-
five days. Physicians are promptly re
porting cases of fever that come under
their observation. DIR. Walmsley sale
four or five doubtful cases had been re
ported and that members of the boart
OF experts had investigated them all
In none of them was there trace OF
symptom of yellow fever.
jackson, Miss, Sept. IA telephon
message from DIR. McCallum at Rich
ards, Miss, emphatically denies the ex
istence of yellow fever in or near tn
town. 1t is now stated that the Ander
son family were suffering from dengu
fever, and that they are now recovering
DR.. McCallum says Hon. Sid Champion
who died at Edwards, Sunday, was suf
fering from malarial fever.
Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. s.-The stat,
board of health has issued proclama
ton excluding from the state all per
sons and baggage from the yellow fevel
infected points in Louisiana and Missis
sippi unless accompanied by certif
cate that he has not been exposed to tn,
| disease within Is days from the time O.
| departure,