The record-union., 1897-09-23
YELLOW JACK
REACHES NEW YORK.
Two Cases Brought in by a Steam
ship From Colon.
Both of q Mild Type, and Removed TO
SWineburn Island Hospital.
Eight New Gases Of the Fever Re
ported at Edwards, Mississippi,
Making a Total of Eighty-The
Texas-Situation at Other
Points.

Texas-Situation at Other
Points.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22-The Colum-
bian Line steamer Finance. Captain
Daily, arrived this morning from Colon
With eighteen cabin and tive second
cabin passengers. There were two cases
of sickness during the voyage. On Sep
tember 18th, Pat Heating, a fireman,
was taken i'll and removed to the ships
hospital, and John Endeman, a student
from San Jose de Guatemala, aged 20
years, was taken sick.
Endeman was isolated from the rest
of the passengers, and on arrival at
quarantine the health officers had both
patients removed to Swineburn Island
Hospital. They are suffering from yell
low fever in mild form.
The steamer was detained until noon
for a thorough disinfection, and the
passengers We're all transferred to Hof-
man Island for observation.
NEW CASES AT EDWARDS.
EDWARDS (Miss.), Sept. 22.-Eight
new cases of yellow fever are reported.
Total to date, so. One death to-day
makes a total to date of three
The disease is rapidly spreading, and
While it is regarded as a mild type, yet
it is feared it will become more malig-
nant owing to the warm weather. There
are more than a hundred families in
side the lines unaffected, with a total
of about 800 souls, and indications are
that nothing but killing frost can allay
the disease.
DR.. Purnell has applied to the How
ard Association of Vicksburg for more
help doctors and nurses. The Sisters
of Mercy, five in number, from Vicks-
burg, with Father Prendergast, are do
ing noble work. Rev. Mr.. Galloway
and Rev. Mr.. Colmery are both report
ed convalescent.
THE PLAGUE IN TEXAS
AUSTIN (Tex), Sept. 22.-Governor
Culberson received a telegram from
State Health officer Swearingen to-day
announcing a genuine case of yellow
fever at Beaumont. The patient, a small
boy, died this morning
Many people think that the mail SER
vice is bringing the fever into the
State, and Governor Culberson will be
asked to entirely cut off all train service
of any kind between Louisiana and
Texas. Some seem to think that he will
do so, thus effectually blocking all in
tercourse between these two States.
Beaumont will from now on be close
ly surrounded by a rigid quarantine.
SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. %. - Health Com
missioner Starklof said to-day: my
report from DR.. Woodruff at quarantine
is to the effect that suspect Tripe's fe-
Yer readily yielded to treatment. and
that his temperature is down to 9S de-
grees. DR.. Woodruff thinks Tripe viii
be We'll in a few days.
DR.. j. NJ. Egan, Secretary of the Illi-
nois State Board of Health, who has
been in Cairo, ILL.,, ever since fever was
reported in that city, is in ST Louis on
his way to his home in Springfield. til.
He held conference to-day with Sec
retary Paquin of the Missouri State
Board of Health. There is. practically
no fever in Cairo, and there IS absolute
ly no danger of a spread of the dis
ease
AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22lThe Of
f1cial record of the Board of Health Of
flee at o'clock showed a total of
twelve cases since 6 o'clock yesterday
evening, and two deaths. The new
cases are for the most part. widely
scattered, and several of them at
least do not seem to have been the out
come of local infection.
Members of the Board of Health this
afternoon paid a visit to the camp of
detention at Oakland Park. They
found everything in excellent condition.
and the refugees comfortably situated
This morning wagonettes went down
TO the Italian quarter and moved out
to the camp a large number of peo-
pie At first the Italians. many of
whom are unable to speak English.
were decidedly mutinous, and declined
to enter the vehicles, but the Italian
Consul and a. number of policemen
soon convinced them that it was to
their interest to go to the camp of
detention, and they finally yielded. 1t
is expected that by tomorrow night
there will be a couple of hundred refu-
gees in camp. Strict military discipline
will rule the camp, and there will be
guards stationed at all avenues of ap-
proach and exit. At O'Clock tonight
the physician in charge of the camp
announced that all of the refugees in
camp were well.
There Were seven new cases report
ed at Ocean Springs to-day, and seven
patients who had been i'll We're lis
charged. There are still fifteen patients
under treatment.
At Biloxi Michael Levy, aged II, died
this morning of the fever
J. ". Sweatman, a prominent drug
gist of Biloxi, and his wife. are among
the new cases of sickness reported to-
day.
There are now 200 whites and ne
groes at the Fontainbleau detention
camp. People are constantly arriving.
and a special train is making frequent
trips between the infected towns and
the camp. The patients in the Marine
Hospital tents are doing well and are
understood to be in no danger.
MAILS THOROUGHLY FUAIIGATED
VICKSBURG (Afiss.). Sept. 22.-The
State Board of Health wired the fol-
lowing message to Superintendent Ter
rell of the Railway Mail Service at At
lanta this afternoon, in reply to his
message concerning information from
infected points.
Mail is properly fumigated at all in
fected points, except at Edwards. and
will be received at all points in Mis-