The herald., 1897-09-10
YELLOW JACK
Is Not Yet Driven Out of
Louisiana
A DEATH AT OCEAN SPRINGS
AND NEW CASES REPORTED AT
BILOXI
A DEATH AT OCEAN SPRINGS
Health officials Confident of Ability
to Confine the Disease to the
Infected Towns
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9-Sheray
Seymour Gied at 1 o'clock this morning
at Ocean Springs of the prevailing fever.
AS soon as the death was reported ar
rangements were made to hold an autop-
sy. Drs. Murray. Garter and Wasdin of
the Marine Hospital Service and Drs.
Lehman, Dunn, Cant and Bailey were
present. They confidently expected that
The autopsy would completely deter
mine the character of the disease pre-
vailing at the Springs, as the case of
Seymour was probably fair type of the
worst cases. At 1870 TODAY Surgeon r.
D. Murray wired the following to Sur
geon-General Wyman at Washington:
THE third autopsy was held by Was
din. Diagnosis. yellow fever. Con-
sented to by Guteras, Carter and Cant"
Up to 9 o'clock tonight there has been
no change in the fever situation Two or
three serious cases had been reported to
the board Of health-a material falling
Off from yesterday, when there were 81
These were investigated with the usual
results This evening DR.. Oliphant and
his corps realize that they have but one
battle to fight-that of preventing any
more importations from the coast towns.
Biloxi and Ocean Springs. The news
from the Mississippi sound today was
both satisfactory and Disappointing
atisfactory in that DIR. Guiteras and the
other government experts had declared
that yellow fever existed at Ocean
Springs and Biloxi, confirming the argu-
ment of DR.. Oliphant and his associates,
and disappointing because the fears OF
the public have been realized. OF course
the decision of DR.. Guiteras has set a,
rest all doubt that yellow fever exists
at Ocean Springs, but the people there
find some consolation in the fact that
peculiar conditions surrounded the
death of Sheray Seymour, who was Off
cially declared today to have succumbe
to Yellow Jack
He was in bad health before he was
stricken; was dissipated and unneces-
sarily exposed himself. He was firsi
treated with primitive methods by his
family; NO physician was called for four
days, and when he showed temporary
recovery he over-ate himself and died
DR.. Guteras, DR.. Murray and all who
participated in the autopsy declared
however, that there was no question that
the man died of yellow fever.
Late this evening the three cases here
tofore reported as existing t Biloxi were
confirmed as yellow fever by Drs. Muir
ray and Cant after a careful investiga-
ton. They are Thoroughly isolated
and it is confidently predicted that a
spread Of the contagion will be pre-
vented.
DR.. Guiteras will go to Biloxi ani
Scranton after he has completed his in
vestigations in Ocean Springs.
DR.. Zalaya, who has been nursing
patients at Ocean Springs, has beer
stricken with yellow fever at his home
at Perkinston, Miss. The case has beer
officially confirmed and DR.. H. S. Gulley
of Meridian state health officer, has
gone to Zalaya's home to take charge OIL
the town and establish quarantine.
BILOXI CASES
BILOXI, Miss, Sept. 9.-Three cases
Of yellow fever confirmed by the experts
today are in the Bosarge family and are
traceable to the use of water in the place
which has been the source of sickness
for years to every family living in the
house. DR.. 7. C. Lebo of this city, re-
ports a case of black vomit today but
| the patient is doing fairly we'll