Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-21
THE FEVER AT MONTGOMERY.
Five New Cases and One Death-No
Panic.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, October 10
The official bulletin issued by the Board
Of Health to-day at l o'clock names
only five cases Of yellow-fever for the
past twenty-four hours, and one death.
The five cases are r. NJ. Kazian and Mrs.
Kazian, corner Mouiton and Montgomery
streets William Webb negro, ZIG Dick
inson street; Miss NJ. Anderson. III Clay
ton street; j. h. Lemmons, 1l6 Dickin-
son street.
Clayton street. reported yesterday, but
sick for ten days. A post-mortem was
held upon his body this afternoon, under
the supervision Of State Health-Ohicer
Saunders, and ii is given out unofficially
tonight that il revealed clear proof that
yellow-fever was the cause of death.
There is no panic here now. The
nervous people have all left. Probably
1900 persons went away Sunday and Mon
day by trains and private conveyance
A special provided OH the Louisville and
Nashville road last night did not carry
100 people, showing that the panic is
over.
There was a petition filed with Mayor
Clisby to-day from a large number OF lead
ing citizens asking that an expert of ma
tional reputation be brought here TO de-
termine the character of the fever. Many
people doubt whether the prevailing sick
ness is yellow-fever. and among them
are number of physicians some of
whom have been through yellow-fever
epdemics.
The Board of Health concurred with
the Mayo in granting this petition, and
Surgeon-General Wyman was asked for
an expert.
A N~T,rNrr-
A citizens committee, OF which ex-
Governor Jones is chairman, to-day sent
a scathing protest to Governor Johnston,
at Birmingham, against the State quar-
antine regulations. which do not
permit refugees from here to stop at
any point in the borders of the State,
even where II is safe and the local
authorities are willing TO receive them.
| The committee called on the Governor
| TO reconvene the State Board of HEALTH
and have the regulations rescinded.
An Associated Press telegram from
Birmingham tonight announces that the
state government has been temporarily
removed to Birmingham, and that the
Governor and all the State officers have
been located there" This is a distortion
of the facts. The State government is
| located here by the Constitution and
| cannot be changed, except by vote of the
| people. There is no provision for tenn
porary removal.
Furthermore. all the State officers are
not located at birmingham. Secretary
| of-State Jackson, Auditor White, Trea-
surer Ellis, and tire Governors private
secretary, Mr.. Cary are here. They
could not get to Birmingham If they de-
sired TO do so, because OF the State
quarantine regulations issued by the
Governor himself. and also because Of
Brmingham's regulations.
The officers named are on duty here
daily, and most of the Governors duties
cannot be transacted without the CO.
operation of at least one OF them.
SIXTY NEW CASES.
NEW ORLEANS, October 20-All pre-
yious records as to the number of new
cases were broken to-day. Early in the
evening sixty new cases had been entered
I'm the books of the Board of Health.
At the some time, there had been six
deaths These had all occurred during
the early morning hours.
The weather to-day has been not un-
like that of the entire week-especially
calculated to produce fatalities. or the
deaths to-day two or three were the re-
suit of poor treatment.
The most important death of the day
was that of Ira II. Britton. Mr.. Britton
was the manager of the General Elec-
| trio Company here. He came here about
| a year ago from Columbus, o.
Pascal Maggestrano. whose home Is IN
| Kansas City. walked into the Charity
| Hospital last night. and said he was ILL.,
| A rapid diagnosis showed that the man
was suffering from yellow-fever. He was
| quickly taken to the Isolation Hospital
! but had not been there many hours be-
| fore he breathed his last.
Among the new cases to-day. is a son
| OF Judge Monroe, OF the Civil District
| Court. This is the record to-day:
| New Cases-Ida Sherman, Mrs. X.
r,urnstein. Mrs. s. Jacobs, Arthur Goliss,